Clapton threatened to pull gig over signature wine

Rock legend Eric Clapton threatened to pull out of a concert in New Zealand over the weekend, after seeing a bottle of wine bearing his name.

The singer, who has battled with alcohol addiction in the past, is reported to have become angry after finding the 2007 Eric Clapton special edition wine on sale in Hawke.

Mission Estate Winery immediately withdrew the offending bottles from shop shelves when it emerged the guitarist was disgusted by his association with the beverage.

The winery's chief executive Peter Holley says: "On legal advice, we elected not to make the wine available for sale.

"The matter has been resolved to everyone's satisfaction."

The concert at Hawke's Bay Mission went ahead as planned.