{"id":356966,"date":"2026-08-24T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/brad-pitts-winery-reportedly-factored-into-his-decision-to-drink-again-after-7-sober-years"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:04:20","slug":"brad-pitts-winery-reportedly-factored-into-his-decision-to-drink-again-after-7-sober-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/brad-pitts-winery-reportedly-factored-into-his-decision-to-drink-again-after-7-sober-years","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt\u2019s Vineyard Reportedly Factored Into His Determination to Drink Once more After 7 Sober Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Brad Pitt\u2019s deep connection to Ch\u00e2teau Miraval is being cited as one factor in his decision to drink alcohol again after seven years of sobriety, although the actor himself has not publicly made that connection.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed source familiar with Pitt\u2019s situation told <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/brad-pitt-winery-business-blamed-return-to-drinking-sober\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadarOnline<\/a> that the French estate remained important to him both personally and professionally and that wine was inevitably part of that world. The source claimed Pitt wanted to determine whether he could enjoy what Miraval produces while drinking in a controlled way.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a73336135\/brad-pitt-interview-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esquire interview<\/a> published August 10, the 62-year-old actor said, \u201cI was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon,\u201d adding that he now drinks \u201cin a more restrained manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new claims arrive while Miraval remains at the center of Pitt\u2019s years-long legal battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. Their divorce was finalized in December 2024, but litigation over Jolie\u2019s 2021 sale of her interest in the winery continues.<\/p>\n<h2>Radar Sources Say Miraval Factored Into Pitt\u2019s Decision<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/brad-pitts-winery-reportedly-factored-into-his-decision-to-drink-again-after-7-sober-years\/about:blank\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRadarOnline%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fUDpJSGYHXtVokDBgfgdqiVATbfeRTwGsgXe77UzT3TnPaABpoVZ4xKHedfhTncxl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRadarOnline%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fUDpJSGYHXtVokDBgfgdqiVATbfeRTwGsgXe77UzT3TnPaABpoVZ4xKHedfhTncxl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Radar\u2019s account attributes the connection between Miraval and Pitt\u2019s renewed drinking entirely to unnamed sources. \u201cMiraval has always remained incredibly important to Brad, both personally and professionally, and wine was inevitably part of that world,\u201d one source told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The source claimed Pitt wanted to be able to enjoy the wine produced at the estate rather than permanently exclude alcohol from that part of his life. According to the source, that desire contributed to his decision to test whether he could drink in a controlled way.<\/p>\n<p>A second source characterized the change as gradual rather than an impulsive response to a specific personal crisis. That source tied Pitt\u2019s thinking to the prolonged legal battle over Miraval, claiming he did not want the dispute to prevent him from enjoying either the wine or the business he had helped build.<\/p>\n<h2>Pitt Says He Now Drinks in a \u2018More Restrained Manner\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brad Pitt on What Finally Pushed Him to Get Sober\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94Z2jzdzmO0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The subject came up during Pitt\u2019s Esquire interview after writer Ryan D\u2019Agostino noted that the actor had offered him wine at his Los Angeles home and asked whether it was intended only for guests. Pitt responded that he had been sober for seven years before he \u201cgot back off the wagon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor said he had become \u201coverconfident\u201d about his limits on a couple of occasions and learned that consuming larger quantities did not work for him. When D\u2019Agostino asked whether he could have a glass of wine, Pitt replied that he could have \u201ca few\u201d but not a lot. \u201cI have to be professional about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt also explained that he now values his mornings and does not want to lose them to the effects of drinking heavily the night before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Pitt Previously Spoke Openly About Alcoholics Anonymous<\/h2>\n<p>During a June 2025 appearance on Dax Shepard\u2019s <em>Armchair Expert<\/em>, Pitt reflected on attending Alcoholics Anonymous during what he described as an extremely difficult period of his life. \u201cI was pretty much on my knees, and I was really open,\u201d he said. \u201cI was trying anything and everyone, anything anyone threw at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitt said he needed a \u201creboot\u201d and credited the openness of the people he met in AA with helping him during that period. He had previously discussed the same experience in interviews and, while accepting an award in 2020, publicly thanked Bradley Cooper for helping him become sober.<\/p>\n<h2>Miraval Remains a Major Part of Pitt\u2019s Business and Legal Life<\/h2>\n<p>He and Jolie acquired the Provence estate after initially leasing it, developed its wine business with the Perrin winemaking family and married there in 2014. Pitt has also repeatedly treated Miraval as more than a celebrity endorsement. As the estate expanded its wine operation in 2020, he described his involvement as a long-term commitment and continued collaborating with the Perrin family on its development.<\/p>\n<p>The property became the focus of separate litigation after Jolie sold her stake to Tenute del Mondo, part of the Stoli Group, in 2021. Pitt sued Jolie in 2022, alleging that the former spouses had agreed neither would sell an interest in Miraval without the other\u2019s consent. Jolie has disputed that account and challenged Pitt\u2019s claims, turning the winery into one of the longest-running unresolved issues remaining from their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt and Jolie reached a divorce settlement in December 2024, eight years after Jolie initially filed for divorce, but the Miraval litigation continued independently.<\/p>\n<h2>Pitt Is Still Seeking Jolie\u2019s Financial Records in the Winery Fight<\/h2>\n<p>In a July 31 filing, Pitt\u2019s attorneys again sought financial records relating to Jolie\u2019s income from 2017 through 2019. His legal team argued that the information could be relevant because Jolie has discussed her financial circumstances while explaining events leading up to the sale of her Miraval stake. She had already produced financial information for 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jolie\u2019s attorneys have opposed the broader request, arguing that the earlier records are irrelevant to the central contractual issues and that Pitt has mischaracterized her position about her finances.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/brad-pitts-winery-reportedly-factored-into-his-decision-to-drink-again-after-7-sober-years\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Pitt\u2019s deep connection to Ch\u00e2teau Miraval is being cited as one factor in his decision to drink alcohol again after seven years of sobriety, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":356969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4557],"tags":[161,4297,684,1221,2293,28588,33148,33147,33145,8094,33146],"class_list":["post-356966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing","tag-actor","tag-angelina-jolie","tag-author","tag-brad-pitt","tag-bradley-cooper","tag-dax-shepard","tag-del-mondo","tag-los-angeles-dwelling","tag-perrin","tag-ryan","tag-stoli-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356968,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356966\/revisions\/356968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}