Every sip you take: Sting to sell wine
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The Associated Press
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 14, 2009 00:00
ROME - After singing about "Fields of Gold," British rock star Sting is tending fields of grapes as he prepares to market red wine made at his country estate in Tuscany. Some 30,000 bottles of wine produced on the property will go on sale in September, mainly in Britain and the United States, Paolo Rossi, the estate's manager, said on Thursday.
In 1997, the former Police frontman purchased a 16th-century villa, called Il Palagio, in Figline Valdarno, a small village some 30 kilometers south of Florence.
Over the years he has turned the surrounding 350 hectares into an organic farm that also produces honey, olive oil, fruit, vegetables and Tuscan salami."When I came here to Figline I wanted first of all to feed my family," Sting said on Tuesday during an event at the village where the 57-year-old star spoke of the time he spends at Il Palagio.
"I also wanted to use agriculture with practices that would nourish the land and not deplete the land," he said in remarks broadcast by local television station Rtv38.
Rossi did not reveal the name of the to-be-released wine, but he said it will be a 2007 vintage based on the Sangiovese grape. The wine, along with other products made on Sting’s farm, will also be available at a shop on the property that the singer will inaugurate by June.
Over the years he has turned the surrounding 350 hectares into an organic farm that also produces honey, olive oil, fruit, vegetables and Tuscan salami."When I came here to Figline I wanted first of all to feed my family," Sting said on Tuesday during an event at the village where the 57-year-old star spoke of the time he spends at Il Palagio.
"I also wanted to use agriculture with practices that would nourish the land and not deplete the land," he said in remarks broadcast by local television station Rtv38.
Rossi did not reveal the name of the to-be-released wine, but he said it will be a 2007 vintage based on the Sangiovese grape. The wine, along with other products made on Sting’s farm, will also be available at a shop on the property that the singer will inaugurate by June.