As a kid, I used to lay awake and think: When was Sting gonna make a drink? Actually, I never thought that, but apparently somebody did, because good old Gordon Sumner is straight-up pressing red wine at his farm in Tuscany. This is a major landmark in the field of celebrity vino, joining such fine bottles as Francis Ford Coppola’s Rosso & Bianco; Carlos Santana’s Santana DVX (immortalized in NSFW song by the Lonely Island, below); and the official Sopranos wine that I saw a weird promo for on HBO one time.
As an unschooled quaffer myself, I hardly know where to begin with this stuff. Slate‘s wine critic did a semi-thorough roundup of the options a few years ago, and he seemed to enjoy Gerard Depardieu’s viognier. What do you say: Would you drink Sting’s wine? Or is there another celebrity whose vineyards you’d like to sample?
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Sure, I’d try it. I’ve liked some of the Coppola wines and the Gerry Garcia wines (though I can’t find them around here any more). Not terribly fond of the Newman’s Best wines though. I have a bottle of Marilyn Merlot sitting around just because a clerk at one of the high-end wine stores in the area said that past year vintages sell for a lot of money for some reason.
You’d think a guy named “sting” would make money making bee’s wax lip balm and honey based products. I’d buy “sting’s honey”, wouldn’t you?
Simon,
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