Russia Today
Gerard Depardieu (AFP Photo / John Macdougall)
TAGS:Movies, Ukraine, Real Estate
The French are known for their winning wines and movies. Now French film star and gourmet Gerard Depardieu, who owns wineries in France, Spain, Morocco and Argentina, has expanded his “grape interests” and purchased vineyards in Ukraine.
The star of Cyrano de Bergerac was set to acquire several vineyards in the sunny republic of Crimea back in 2005. For reasons unknown however, local authorities refused to sell them to the French actor, despite his friendship with the then Ukrainian President, Viktor Yushchenko.
But the star didn’t lose his bottle, and now finally the 63-year-old wine connoisseur has become the proud owner of a winery in Ukraine, reportedly set to produce table and sparkling wines.
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