The Trend Of Celebrities Who Own Commercial Wineries

List of Celebrities Who Own Commercial Wineries

By: iPost Media

The trend of celebrities owning wineries and vineyards is not a recent phenomenon, though it has certainly garnered more attention.

While some celebrities, such as the British musician Sting, American actors Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, British soccer star David BeckhamVictoria Beckham, own vineyards and wine estates solely for personal use, some celebrities are leveraging their name recognition as a selling tool in the wine industry. Today celebrity-owned wineries can be lucrative business endeavors. In 2007, Nielsen research of supermarket and his wife wine purchases showed that sales of celebrity wines were up 19% over previous years.

Celebrity	Winery/Vineyard	Location	Notes
Vince Neil	Vince Neil Vineyards	Sonoma County, California
Francis Ford Coppola	Rubicon Estate Winery	Napa Valley, California
Fess Parker	Fess Parker Winery	Santa Ynez Valley, California	Was featured in the movie Sideways
Tommy Smothers	Remick Ridge Vineyards	Sonoma County, California
Sam Neill	Two Paddocks	Central Otago, New Zealand
Gerard Depardieu	Chateau de Tigne	Anjou, Loire Valley, France	Also owns vineyards in Bordeaux, Languedoc, Algeria, Argentina, Morocco, Spain, Sicily and United States
Mario Andretti	Andretti Winery	Napa Valley, California	Founded winery with former K-mart CEO Joe Antonini
Peggy Fleming	Fleming Jenkins Vineyards and Winery	Santa Cruz Mountains, California	Founded with her husband, Greg Jenkins
Joe Montana	Montagia Wines	Napa Valley, California	Collaboration with Ed Sbragia, former winemaker of Beringer Wines
Raymond Burr	Raymond Burr Vineyards	Dry Creek Valley, California	Established by the late actor in 1986 ran today by his partner
Bruce Cohn	B.R. Cohn Winery	Sonoma County, California	Cohn was manager of The Doobie Brothers
Nancy Pelosi	Zinfandel Lane Vineyard	St. Helena, California	Also owns Skellenger Lane Vineyard in Napa Valley. Pelosi sells her grapes to other California winemakers instead of producing her own wine.
Dan Aykroyd	Dan Aykroyd Wines	Ontario, Canada	Also produces a Sonoma County, California, series of wines
Lorraine Bracco	Bracco Wines	Tuscany, Italy	Produces wines from several Italian wine regions
Olivia Newton-John	Koala Blue Wines	South Australia	Founded in 1983 with business partner Pat Farrar
Madonna	Ciccone Vineyard and Winery	Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan	Collaboration with her father Silvio “Tony” Ciccone
Wayne Gretzky	No. 99 Estates Winery	Niagara Peninsula, Canada	Collaboration with Creekside Estates
Lil Jon	Little Jonathan Winery	Central Coast, California	Collaboration with California winemaker Alison Crowe
Alex Spanos	SpanosBerberian Winery	Napa Valley, California	Also owns Bell Wine CellarsYountville in
Mick Fleetwood	Mick Fleetwood Private Cellar	Lake County, California	Collaboration with Langtry Estate and Vineyards
Kyle MacLachlan	Pursued by Bear Wine	Columbia Valley, Washington	Collaboration with Washington winemaker Eric Dunham
Jason Priestley	Black Hills Estate Winery	Okanagan, British Columbia	The British Columbia born actor is a co-owner in the estate
Antonio Banderas	Anta Banderas	Ribera del Duero, Spain
Charles Woodson	TwentyFour Wines	Napa Valley, California	Under NFL regulations, Woodson is currently prohibited from endorsing his own wines publicly until he retires

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