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Pregnancy Be Damned, Drew Barrymore’s New Wine Hits Stores Next Week

Drew aglow in February.
Drew aglow in February. Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images

A couple of months back we mentioned that actress Drew Barrymore had parlayed her love of wine-drinking into wine-making. Now we learn that the first bottles of Barrymore Pinot Grigio will go on sale in New York on May 3 for $20 a bottle, and Drew might be a little sad about the timing — given that she won’t be able to drink at any of the launch events if the rumors about her being pregnant are true.

Barrymore told Wine Spectator last month, “I love wine, and it’s always fun when you can do something in your work life that you love in your personal life.” She apparently took numerous trips to Italy to oversee the production of the wine, and the reason she chose to launch with a Pinot Grigio is because that’s what she drinks at home. In a sly marketing move, the wine was entered in a contest already in France, and already has a gold medal under its belt from something called Le Challenge International du Vin.

The Post, naturally, is as quick as we were to point out that Barrymore once called herself a recovering alcoholic, back when she was a teen. She’s obviously over all that now.

Meanwhile, Barrymore is engaged to her boyfriend of one year, art consultant Will Kopelman, and the two are said to be planning a summer wedding — at which point Drew would be really pregnant, and still unable to imbibe.

Drew Barrymore is the latest celebrity to launch her own wine. The difference is, her vintage has gone gold [NYP]
Earlier: Drew Barrymore Enters the Wine Biz; Château Margaux Might Go Screw Cap

Pregnancy Be Damned, Drew Barrymore’s New Wine Hits Stores Next Week