Some film stars have bought vineyards; other vineyard owners have become stars of the vineyard and wine drinkers worlds.
Stars Who Own Vineyards
The first film star who came to my attention was American Angelina Jolie and her husband. Since they are in America I must call her a movie star.
I heard about them owning a vineyard at a wine tasting education session in London, England. Several wines were served accompanied by a plate of assorted co-ordinating canapés, pieces of cheese and crackers.
The Berry's venue, far from California, USA, was the historic cellars underneath the Berry's olde world shop near Piccadilly in London. Upstairs in the shop you often get a free tiny sip of one or two or three wines seasonally, for example, must before Christmas.
But if you are tempted to linger and try more, the wine tasting evening are at all prices from expensive tooth-droppingly expensive (though not expensive for the fun, information and unusual wines you get to taste). Several people had been bought the tasting as a treat such as a birthday present. These tastings occur at intervals throughout the year.
Again in London, this month, sunny as rose, but chilled as a white wine in May, I heard about a vineyard owned by a New Zealand film star. (Since New Zealand has its own flavours of the English language, but inclines more to the British English, I shall use the phrase film star. Sam Neil, star of the film Piano, owns a vineyard called Two Paddocks.
I was told this by David Boyd, Director of Lynfer Estate whom I met in London, England. He was on a stand at the London Wine Fair, a trade only event, business to business, where the wine producers and importers worldwide meet up. This is when the restaurant and pub owners from all over the UK come to see what's new and interesting in the world of wine and taste varieties from all over the world, presented in one place.
I met a pub owner from near Dundee in Scotland. He was sitting enjoying a free session on matching wine and food, on the stand of WSET, Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Anybody who wants to progress from being a drinker, a bar staff or restaurant worker, to a manager, restaurant owner or sommelier, might be interested in a course run by WSET. I have done the level one course and considering doing to the level two course, trailing behind a family member who is on level four.
Along the way, you get to learn about the stars who have bought vineyards, and the vineyard owners who are stars
Vineyard owners and authors who are stars? The ones who come to mind are England's Jancis Robinson, America's Parker, Jancis Robinson, who appears on TV and wrote the encyclopaedic wine guide covering grapes and vineyards, Parker who wrote the annual wine guide, analysing every year's new wine, so you can compare the vintages. when choosing wines for a dinner in a restaurant, for a wine to be drunk today, or bought for stock from a wine shop when stocking up your cellar , a real clear, basement, wine fridge (or even if it's only a cool cupboard in your home). Historically, I think of the French, the jolly robed priest who supposedly saw stars when he discovered naturally occurring bubbles creating Champagne, the grand widow Veuve Cliquot an early women's libber if you like, who founded a great Champagne house. The champagne houses were all at the London Wine Fair. More about the people at the wine fair in my next post.
Angela Lansbury, author and photographer, writer and speaker.
Stars Who Own Vineyards
The first film star who came to my attention was American Angelina Jolie and her husband. Since they are in America I must call her a movie star.
I heard about them owning a vineyard at a wine tasting education session in London, England. Several wines were served accompanied by a plate of assorted co-ordinating canapés, pieces of cheese and crackers.
The Berry's venue, far from California, USA, was the historic cellars underneath the Berry's olde world shop near Piccadilly in London. Upstairs in the shop you often get a free tiny sip of one or two or three wines seasonally, for example, must before Christmas.
But if you are tempted to linger and try more, the wine tasting evening are at all prices from expensive tooth-droppingly expensive (though not expensive for the fun, information and unusual wines you get to taste). Several people had been bought the tasting as a treat such as a birthday present. These tastings occur at intervals throughout the year.
Again in London, this month, sunny as rose, but chilled as a white wine in May, I heard about a vineyard owned by a New Zealand film star. (Since New Zealand has its own flavours of the English language, but inclines more to the British English, I shall use the phrase film star. Sam Neil, star of the film Piano, owns a vineyard called Two Paddocks.
I was told this by David Boyd, Director of Lynfer Estate whom I met in London, England. He was on a stand at the London Wine Fair, a trade only event, business to business, where the wine producers and importers worldwide meet up. This is when the restaurant and pub owners from all over the UK come to see what's new and interesting in the world of wine and taste varieties from all over the world, presented in one place.
I met a pub owner from near Dundee in Scotland. He was sitting enjoying a free session on matching wine and food, on the stand of WSET, Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Anybody who wants to progress from being a drinker, a bar staff or restaurant worker, to a manager, restaurant owner or sommelier, might be interested in a course run by WSET. I have done the level one course and considering doing to the level two course, trailing behind a family member who is on level four.
Along the way, you get to learn about the stars who have bought vineyards, and the vineyard owners who are stars
Vineyard owners and authors who are stars? The ones who come to mind are England's Jancis Robinson, America's Parker, Jancis Robinson, who appears on TV and wrote the encyclopaedic wine guide covering grapes and vineyards, Parker who wrote the annual wine guide, analysing every year's new wine, so you can compare the vintages. when choosing wines for a dinner in a restaurant, for a wine to be drunk today, or bought for stock from a wine shop when stocking up your cellar , a real clear, basement, wine fridge (or even if it's only a cool cupboard in your home). Historically, I think of the French, the jolly robed priest who supposedly saw stars when he discovered naturally occurring bubbles creating Champagne, the grand widow Veuve Cliquot an early women's libber if you like, who founded a great Champagne house. The champagne houses were all at the London Wine Fair. More about the people at the wine fair in my next post.
Angela Lansbury, author and photographer, writer and speaker.
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