Sting apologises to family of late Italian duke over wine comments

Sting responded with a letter offering his ‘sincere and unequivocal apologies’ (Yui Mok/PA)

The heir of a late duke who sold Sting his Tuscan winery 25 years ago said the singer has hit a flat note with an apology for comments the family deem slanderous.

Sting told the weekly magazine Sette on August 13 that he was persuaded into buying the Palagio winery near Florence in 1997 after tasting an “excellent” glass of red wine offered by the owner, Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente.