Let's say you know nothing about wine. Cruising the wine section at Safeway you feel as helpless as a Republican in San Francisco (where Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected 10 times with 75% majority). Nancy and her hubby own a vineyard in St. Helena, by the way.
So even if don't know a pinot from a pinata, you could show your solidarity by taking home a bottle of Liparita 2010 Cabernet. Nancy doesn't make that wine. She just sells some grapes to the vineyard. If Nancy's not your cup of cab, owning a winery is a sport of sorts to dozens of other celebrities.
Imagine having a few pals over for burgers on the deck this summer, and pouring them a glass from a vineyard owned by any of the following VIPS:
Mike Ditka (Kick Ass Red...about $49)
Wayne Gretzky (No. 99 Cab....he also has a syrah and a chard)
Madonna (actually owned by her parents, called Ciccone Vineyard, in Michigan)
Joe Montana (he collaborates with Beringer on Montagia Wines)
Dan Marino (70% of proceeds from his Vintage 13 wines go to charity)
Olivia Newton-John (she has owend Koala Blue since 1983)
Greg Norman (you can find his Greg Norman Estates cab for under $15)
Arnold Palmer (Arnie has a cab and a chard, both under $14)
Tom Seaver (Seaver Vineyard in Calistoga sells Nancy's Fancy at $65/btl)
Tommy & Dick Smothers (Remick Ridge Vineyards: their wine (cab) is serious;
has won repeated silver and gold awards in California tastings)
Boz Scaggs (the noted R & B singer and his wife love Rhone style wines, have
planted some acreage in Napa with syrah, grenache, and mourvèdre,
that sells under MONTAGE label for about $75.)
Robert Parker (Beau Freres Vineyard in Oregon (his brother runs it)
Francis Ford Coppola and golfer Ernie Els and two British rockers (Cliff Richard and Mick Hucknall) also dabble in wines.
And perhaps most amazing, you can buy a wine (from Fattoria Le Terrazze in Italy) called Planet Waves, named after a Bob Dylan hit and signed by the singer.
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