Every sip you take: three wines from Sting’s Tuscan estate
The British singer bought the Il Palagio estate in 1999 and has transformed the rundown property into a respected vineyard
In 1999, British rock star Sting met Duke Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente and fell in love with his crumbling Tuscan estate, Il Palagio. Then, having bought the 350-hectare property, the singer set about restoring it to its original grandeur.
At a tasting at The Upper House, in Admiralty, earlier this year, the singer reminisced that, at the time, he “loved the house first and the vineyard was secondary”, adding that he had bought the estate “for two to three songs”.
During that first meeting with the duke, Sting was served a wine that he believed was from the Il Palagio vineyard, only later discovering it was, in fact, a Bordeaux.
