Sting claims he was tricked into purchasing his vineyard in Tuscany…

In 1997, Sting and his wife Trudie Styler purchased a vineyard in Tuscany.  But in a new interview, Sting claims they were TRICKED into buying it.

The seller was Duke Simone Vincenzo Velluti Zati di San Clemente, and according to Sting, he gave them a Chianti from the estate to sample… and it was so good that they bought the place immediately.

But the wine he gave them was actually from another region altogether.  And it was only after they paid for the place that they realized the actual wine made there was TERRIBLE.  But they turned things around by working at it until they were able to produce “excellent wine.”

Well, the Duke is no longer with us.  But his family is defending his honor.  His son issued a statement accusing Sting of “false, poisonous slander.”

He said his father would never pull a trick like that, and since he lived until 2012, Sting had plenty of time to bring this up while he was alive to defend himself.

Instead, he says that Sting did it, quote, “a babbo morto” which is a Tuscan expression that means, “when the father has died.”

Source: Page Six