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If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.

Fess Parker, the Smothers Brothers and Raymond Burr (now deceased, I
believe).

Tom S


I missed the original post but just in case

Francis Ford Coppola in Napa

Mario Andretti again in Napa

Ferruccio Lamborghini in Umbria

I think the Frank Sinatra foundation owns a winery or two

sorry if there is repetition
...Chris

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If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.


Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
category.
Ed

On 12/5/03 10:11 PM, in article
, "Edwin Pawlowski"
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If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.


Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
category.
Ed



Hear Hear! ! !

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in article , Edwin Pawlowski
at wrote on 12/5/03 8:11 PM:


"Mario" wrote in message

If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.


Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
category.
Ed



Just curious about the 'beyond-wine' credentials of these two men to make
them VIPs in the sense of the original question. I did a Google search and
see that both are influential in the field of home winemaking, but are they
just "normal folk" or corporate tycoons, or what? Making great wine is
enough to make someone a VIP for me, but are they in the broader sense as
well??

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 08:32:40 -0800, Midlife wrote:

in article , Edwin Pawlowski
at wrote on 12/5/03 8:11 PM:


"Mario" wrote in message

If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.


Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
category.
Ed



Just curious about the 'beyond-wine' credentials of these two men to make
them VIPs in the sense of the original question. I did a Google search and
see that both are influential in the field of home winemaking, but are they
just "normal folk" or corporate tycoons, or what? Making great wine is
enough to make someone a VIP for me, but are they in the broader sense as
well??


That makes them stars and vips... People that sing, act or do other
things are pretty transient and don't mean much in winemaking circles

Later,
A.J.

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"John Zinni" wrote:

I am suppressed that Alex Trebek (of Jeopardy fame) and his Creston
Vineyards has not come up yet.

I'll take Typos for $50. ;-)
Or is "suppressed" a new wine related psychological condition? :-)

Damn, should have been using thought-check rather then spell-check!

Shouldn't that be "Here Here"? -- but I agree!

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On 12/5/03 10:11 PM, in article
snip. snip

Hear Hear! ! !

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On 12/7/03 1:45 AM, in article
, "Pinky"
wrote:

Shouldn't that be "Here Here"? -- but I agree!

Um - yes - thanks!

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Jack Keller must be a VIP in the field to land on the cover if Jon
Iverson's winemaking book. In other fields, I'm sure his family would
consider him a VIP. I guess that would make all of us a VIP in one
camp or another. :-)

VIP often does not translate into being a monetary giant.

-Paul

Midlife wrote in message ...
in article , Edwin Pawlowski
at wrote on 12/5/03 8:11 PM:


"Mario" wrote in message

If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
me know.


Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
category.
Ed

Just curious about the 'beyond-wine' credentials of these two men to make
them VIPs in the sense of the original question. I did a Google search and
see that both are influential in the field of home winemaking, but are they
just "normal folk" or corporate tycoons, or what? Making great wine is
enough to make someone a VIP for me, but are they in the broader sense as
well??

Nick Faldo has just released his first vintage of Faldo surprisingly enough.
Its not too bad really,
Greg Norman has given his name to a range of wines from Hardy's (?)
Sir Cliff Richard has a winery in Portugal, that supposedly is halfway
decent
Francis Ford Coppola has Niebaum-Coppola
Randy Lewis (Indy 500 driver) owns Lewis Cellars, Napa

grazza

Emeril Lagasse has his own brand of wine out, though I have never seen it on
the shelves, and he has shown the basics of home winemaking on his TV show.

Ray

A couple of year ago, if I remember well, In Italy we heard news about an
estate bought by Italian President of the Council of Ministers Silvio
Berlusconi in the brunello di Montalcino area. It should begin to produce in
two or three years.
Heard news that Michael Schumacher (F1 world champion) should have bought in
Maremma (south of Tuscany).
Movie artists and journalists famous in Italy produce their own wine.

Regards
Riccardo