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Sting And Trudie Styler Sting and his actress-director wife Trudie Styler take the cover of Wine Spectator’s April issue , which hits stands March 15. In the cover story, the couple talks celebrity wines, music and winemaking, how they find refuge on their Italian estate, and more. Select quotes from Sting include: On celebrity wines: “I think in some ways it’s a pejorative: celebrity wine. Because there is so much of it. We haven’t been here for generations. But we are serious. We are committed.” On paying $3.5 million for the 16th-century villa: “We bought it for a song. Maybe two songs.” On using the farm as an escape: “We were looking for a refuge, and the fact that it was a working farm attracted us as well. But we didn’t really think of it as a commercial thing at all. It was the aesthetic of having a working farm around us.” On music and winemaking: “Even though it was going to cost a lot of money, the ethos of creating something...

**** FOOD & WINE **** Brad Pitt And Marc Perrin Hollywood’s most famous celebrity couple took their zeal for winemaking to a new level with the release of their acclaimed Miraval rosé last year. Longtime wine lover Brad Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie escape the hustle and bustle of Hollywood to pursue quiet time on the vineyard and explore new terroirs. Wine Spectator’s recent interview with Brad Pitt is on newsstands June 3rd. On the estate he and Angelina Jolie bought in 2012 for an estimated $60 million: “We became impassioned with this place, which could produce its own wine, its own food, and become a place where artists could congregate and share ideas.” On being a farmer, and his love for the land: “I’m a farmer now. I love learning about the land and which field is most suitable for which grape, the drama of September and October: Are we picking today? Where are the sugar levels? How is the acidity? Is it going to rain? It’s been a sc...