Madonna News

Aug 13

Like a vintage

Big-heatrted Madonna has uncorked some of her vast wealth to save her dad's struggling wine business.
The singer has stumped up a fruity half a million pounds to prevent Ciccone Vineyard closing down, because hubby Guy Ritchie loves their wine so much.
Guy is mad on Tony Ciccone's 2002 Dolcetto and Pinot Noir wine, so he persuaded his mega-rich wife to inject cash into the vineyard.
A pal of the singer, who reached No3 in 1984 with Like A Virgin, said: "Madonna hasn't always had the best relationship with her father but she is very close with him now.
When she learned the company wasn't doing so well she decided she wanted to step into the fray.
But Tony is a very proud man and didn't want to accept charity, so he made her a major shareholder in Ciccone Vineyard. She was a little reluctant at the start but Guy is a huge fan of the Pinot Noir Tony has been sending them bottles at Christmas for years.
He couldn't bear to be without it, so he convinced Madonna to put some money in.
The Ciccones have a huge vineyard in the Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan, in the States.
Madonna has always kept her distance from the company, but Tony approached his daughter when it started going through a lean patch.
Pals of the star say she was dithering on the deal until wine-lover Guy convinced her.
She then wrote a cheque for nearly half a million pounds and became the major shareholder.
The Material Girl may have bucketloads of money but at least she's generous with it. She donates to loads of charities and gives huge amounts of her cash to the Kabbalah faith.
In fact she has just forked out GBP12million to set up a Kabbalah school in New York. Madge doesn't drink much alcohol herself. Although she enjoys the odd glass of wine, her favourite tipple is Guinness.
But she's been abstaining altogether since starting her amazing Reinvention world tour, to cope with the huge physical demands of her stage show.
Madge is currently in Britain for the tour's UK leg and she was snapped jogging around the grounds of her Wiltshire estate with her trainer and Guy.
She was obviously keeping in top shape for her gruelling concert schedule.
Guy, on the other hand, might just be working off the effects of a session on his beloved Ciccone Dolcetto.
source : sun

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