Look at Trudie Styler and Sting’s estate, Il Palagio: Wine, Olive Oil & Honey

UK customers can now buy wine, olive oil and honey produced at Sting and Trudie Styler's home in Tuscany, Il Palagio! Available at www.palagioproducts.com.

“This is a polished and beautiful wine, delivering blueberry, light toasty oak and currant character that turns lightly smoky and spicy. Full and very silky, with a long, long finish.” 93 Wine Spectator

The setting

The Villa Il Palagio perches elegantly at the top of a long steep drive, overlooking the distant Tuscan hills and the undulating countryside which has always had profound agricultural significance. The nearby medieval town of Figline Valdarno was known as the “barn of Florence” for its abundant corn supplies. Grains, wine, oil, sugar beets, peaches, apricots and cherries have long been grown here. The estate extends to some 350 hectares, much of the land given over to forest, incorporating some beautiful lakes.

The history

Il Palagio has always been farmed. In the late 1700s the Martelli family purchased the property and as their wealth grew, so did the estate. In 1819 they sold to the Countess Carlotta Barbolani of Montauto, the widow of the Duke of San Clemente and it remained in this family’s hands for some 150 years. At the beginning of the twentieth century Duke Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente commissioned several new buildings including a grain store, oil mill and wine production area. When Sting and Trudie first came across the estate in 1999, it had by then fallen into a state of disrepair. They set about the task of lovingly restoring the house, the outbuildings and the land to their former glory.

The future

Il Palagio is now so prolific in output that Sting and Trudie have opened a farm shop selling everything made or grown on the estate, including fresh vegetables and fruits, and the local salami. Now for the very first time these same Palagio products will be available to order online – direct from the heart of Tuscany to your door.

Credit Sting.Com

Since I'm here giving information about Trudie and Sting's beautiful wines and other products. 

Here are a few photos from the Annual Rainforest Foundation Benefit this year! For more information go to the website. Here

Sting's Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert

The Rainforest Fund (www.rainforestfund.org) announced its 2012 benefit concert on April 3rd, 2012 at the world renowned Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage followed by a gala dinner. The evening, sponsored by Revlon, will include performances by Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Meryl Streep, Katharine McPhee, Bryn Terfel, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Jennifer Hudson, and Bruno Mars along with other surprise guests, and will feature live and silent auctions at the gala dinner following the concert. Box office tickets will be available on Monday, February 27 at 11am EST through the Carnegie Hall Box Office (www.carnegiehall.org) or CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.

Official Sting

ABOUT THE RAINFOREST FUND:
The mission of the Rainforest Fund is to support indigenous and traditional people of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights by assisting them in securing and controlling the natural resources necessary for their long term wellbeing and managing these resources in ways which do not harm their environment, violate their culture or compromise their future; and developing the means to protect their individual and collective rights and to obtain, shape and control basic services from the state. It was one of the first organizations to focus on the vital link between preserving rainforests and supporting the rights of indigenous and traditional peoples who call the rainforests home and have protected them for millennia. The "rights-based forestry" approach sets the nature of the Rainforest Fund’s work apart from most other rainforest and environmental organizations. For more information on the Rainforest Fund, please visit www.rainforestfund.org.

ABOUT REVLON:
Revlon is a global color cosmetics, hair color, beauty tools, fragrances, skincare, anti-perspirant deodorants and beauty care products company whose vision is Glamour, Excitement and Innovation through high-quality products at affordable prices. Revlon® is one of the strongest consumer brand franchises in the world. Revlon’s global brand portfolio includes Revlon® color cosmetics, Almay® color cosmetics, Revlon ColorSilk® hair color, Revlon® beauty tools, Charlie® fragrances, Mitchum® anti-perspirant deodorants, and Ultima II® and Gatineau® skincare. Its products are sold in over 100 countries around the world. Websites featuring current product and promotional information can be reached atwww.revlon.com, www.almay.com and www.mitchum.com.


www.carnegiehall.org

Box office tickets are available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office or Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800.

Gala and super seat ticket information
Tamara Leuchtenburg
Event Associates
212-245-6570
rainforest@eventassociatesinc.com
Click for a gala and super seat ticket order form Sponsorship and in-kind donations
Michele Petri
mpetri@rffny.org
212-431-9098 x5
Download an in kind donation form Press
Matthew Hiltzik
Hiltzik Strategies
Mhiltzik@hstrategies.com
212-430-5054 Lizzie Wolff
Hiltzik Strategies
Lwolff@hstrategies.com
212-430-5059 Download Press release 
Download the "SAVE THE NEW DATE"

Ambassador Gisele - World Amazon Day

To get started here's Gisele's new Video. She recently took part in World Amazon Day as an ambassador to work against the deforestation of the world’s rainforests. Take a look at Gisele’s exclusive new video on the vital role that forests play in our lives.

From Gisele Offiical Website: 

Gisele Bündchen, along with the United Nations for the Environment Programme, has prepared a global mobilization in support of the forests and is counting on the support of as many people as possible to spread this cause on the internet.

On SEPTEMBER 5th, World Amazon Day, Gisele Bündchen will release a video talking about the vital role that forests play in our lives. Those who spread the word about the cause via Twitter and Facebook will compete for autographed Vogue Brazil magazines.

Learn more about it on www.facebook.com/gisele and participate in this mobilization!

As you can see, Gisele is an ardent environmental activist. Bündchen is very passionate about the environment and has also set up a charity called Agua Limpa through which she plants trees along the Amazon river to help purify the water. Now Gisele Bundchen has taken her eco-friendly message in the form of a new organic skin care line. Check out the link to "Sejaa" Skin Care and the introduction video just below. 

Gisele is quoted as saying, ““I want to help myself in any way I can to be more conscious, more present, more aware, more happy. And if my philosophy or products can help to make others happy, then I’ve been successful.” 

Sejaa Skin Care

Gisele Official