Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie auction barrel of their estate wine for 10,000 euros!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have sold a signed barrel of white wine, produced by their estate in the south of France, for £8,600 at auction

                    

A barrel of organic wine produced by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s estate in the south of France has been sold for more than €10,000 (£8,500) at auction, with the money going to support an agricultural project in Africa.

Winegrowers in the village of Correns, where Pitt and Jolie have their chateau, 50 miles inland from Saint-Tropez, organised the sale on Wednesday evening as part of an annual auction to raise funds for the Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo, and donated to an agricultural cooperative which aims to teach young people about sustainable farming.

“We’ve organised this sale in solidarity with the people of the Kivu region,” said Michael Latz, mayor of Correns.

“It’s in an area on bordering Rwanda which has been left impoverished by war. Young people and agriculture have been the principal victims of conflict – and yet they are the key to future stability in the region.”

The Pitt-Jolie barrel was by far the top seller, and was bought by local wine merchant Vins Breban. A 60-gallon cask, signed by the couple; it holds approximately 300 bottles – each bottle therefore worth around £28. This year’s sale made almost €25,000 for the charity, which operates in an area that Jolie visited in March this year alongside William Hague, the Foreign Secretary.

The couple teamed up with the French wine making Perrin family to develop the “Miraval Cotes de Provence” label, named after their estate.

Source: By Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph