Monday, 9. December 2002

Coppola buys vineyard for a 'shocking' price


Film director Francis Ford Coppola has agreed to pay $31.5-million -- a wine industry record -- for the Cohn Vineyard in Napa Valley. The deal brings an end to a bidding war between Coppola and Robert Mondavi. The maker of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather will pay an estimated $350,000 an acre for the prized vineyard.

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