THE GRAPES OF WRATH!
Globe|September 13, 2021
Sting accuses Italian duke of swindling him in vineyard deal
THE GRAPES OF WRATH!

MESSAGE in a Bottle star Sting uncorked a sour grapes feud by claiming he and wife Trudie Styler were tricked into buying an Italian winery by sampling vino from an entirely different region.

The Police singer charges the flimflam was pulled off by the late Duke Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente, who offered him a glass of chianti that was so yummy, he and Trudie immediately bought the Palagio winery in Tuscany in 1997.

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