Saturday,
May 19, 2007
Coppola, De Niro
and Di Caprio, Italo-American
Film Stars Seek Prime
The
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ITALO
STARS SEEK PRIME WINE TURF
ANSA,
May
15 , 2007
Italo-American movie legends like Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio are
looking to ride a
Coppola, a long-time
According to the
latest edition of Hollywood Star, Coppola's daughter Sofia aims to make a film
about the Florios' most glamorous
figure, Donna Franca, a belle epoque diva who charmed
kings, emperors and czars.
De Niro, who has already made his name in the US eatery trade
with trendy restaurants in New York and Los Angeles, is apparently interested
in one of the finest producers of Brunello di Montalcino wine, Fattoria Dei Barbi.The Taxi Driver, Godfather and Raging Bull star has
been encouraged, insiders say, by the recent surge in Italian wine sales in the
US, which recently took France's crown.
Di Caprio, for his part, is trying to get into food.The Titanic and Departed star, who owns a Renaissance
villa in Tuscany, originally wanted to buy up a premier ham maker near Parma or
failing that, the producer of his fave munch Culatello di Zibello.But he
pulled out at the last minute out of respect for the dietary precepts of his
Jewish-American girlfriend, top model Bar Rafaeli.
Now, Hollywood
reporters say, he's fallen back on buffalo mozzarella cheese, which is taking
The surge in big-name interest in
British director
Ridley Scott of Gladiator fame has been inspecting top vineyards on Mt Etna
while German chef to the stars Wolfgang Puck plans to secure the best
extra-virgin olive oil by snapping up a clutch of farms in
And American rock
legend Bruce 'the Boss' Springsteen - of Irish, Italian and Dutch ancestry - is
seeking new turf to plough money into, in 'Chiantishire'
and
Making wine in
Time-Warner CEO
Richard Parsons recently acquired theTenuta Il Palazzone vineyard in Montalcino
where he produces an excellent Brunello, mostly for
his own use.
Musicians Mick Hucknall of Simply Red and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds both
have vineyards on
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