Beckham Buys Napa Vineyard

While making the rounds online this morning I've come across a number of stories about world acclaimed soccer (or football, depending on your location) star, David Beckham, but a multi-million dollar vineyard in Napa Valley this week. The vineyard, which Beckham has reportedly been researching for months, was a belated birthday present to his wife and newly self-dubbed wine aficionado Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice). The Beckhams got into wine while the footballer was playing with Real Madrid, and now they finally have a place to make their own. Well, a place where the team of vintners they've hired can make wine that they can slap the trademarked Beckham name on the label, anyway.

In the past ten years, interest in and the sales of wines has skyrocketed in the US. It seems as though Hollywood is catching vino fever as well.The news comes shortly following news of other celebs entering the wine biz, most notably Johnny Depp and Emilio Estevez (see my earlier posts on the subject), not to mention Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Francis Ford Coppola.