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SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S HEART<br />
BEATS FOR SAUVIGNON!<br />
BY FRANK ROUSSEAU,<br />
OUR CORR<strong>ESP</strong>ONDENT IN LOS ANGELES<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED<br />
The former Sex and the City icon has undeniably left a<br />
lasting impression on television. Who doesn’t remember<br />
Sarah Jessica Parker playing Carrie Bradshaw, the<br />
successful journalist with a penchant for fashion and<br />
designer shoes, looking for trouble-free love in the Big<br />
Apple? The American star has added another string to<br />
her bow, partnering with a New Zealand winery in 2019<br />
to launch ‘Invivo X, SJP’, a Sauvignon blanc which she<br />
created and whose sales have soared to dizzying heights<br />
matched only by the Empire State Building…<br />
Are you the kind of star likely to spend a lot of money on outstanding<br />
wines?<br />
No! I come from a family where every dollar counted, which<br />
meant, as you can imagine, that my parents had to be extremely<br />
strict about managing money. There was no room for anything<br />
needless. I can still hear my mother saying, “Sorry, there won’t<br />
be any Christmas presents this year”. Even though we would<br />
assure her that we understood, deep down we were frustrated.<br />
So I have money sense. I don’t spend money without due consideration.<br />
Regarding wine, experience has taught me that you<br />
can find top quality wines at affordable prices!<br />
Is that why you teamed up with New Zealand company Invivo<br />
Wines?<br />
I got to know the company through a friend. The winery’s<br />
executives sent my husband and I a few bottles. Without<br />
knowing it, we were already drinking their wines and had been<br />
enjoying them for a long time. In Ireland, where we spend part<br />
of the year, the grocery store near our house was well-stocked<br />
with Invivo wines, but we hadn’t put the two together. In New<br />
York wine merchants, wines from around the world are often<br />
grouped by country. The New Zealand section was becoming<br />
increasingly large and more importantly would sell out quickly.<br />
So I figured the island produced quality wines.<br />
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