Singer-turned-winemaker Cliff Richard has been duped into slamming his own wine as "tainted and insipid" on a television programme. Richard's nemesis was the outspoken superchef Gordon Ramsay, on whose show he was appearing as a guest, writes Adam Lechmere in Decanter.com.

During the recording, Ramsay gave Richard two wines to taste blind. The first he pronounced "amazing," to which Ramsay said, "Of course, it was a £400 bottle."

Of the second, his own Vida Nova from his estate in the Algarve , southern Portugal , Richard said, "That's rubbish. I wouldn't pay for that, it's tainted, it's insipid. It tastes like vinaigrette. I'd never buy that." An exultant Ramsay revealed the singer had just rubbished his own wine.

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