The $164m French winery formerly co-owned by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt faces potential destruction due to the wildfires currently devouring the southern part of France.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have to focus their attention away from each other if the $164 million French winery, which was their mutual property, turns to ashes; that is, because the wildfires that the South of France is experiencing are very fierce.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Winery Faces Wildfire Threat
The two former spouses have been involved in a legal battle over ownership of the winery, Chateau Miraval, after Angelina sold half her holdings there a bit over two years ago.
Filmed footage of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s vineyard was shot with the winery almost being surrounded by fires. TMZ says that the area is filled up almost entirely by smoke, based on overhead photographs done on Friday.
The story says fire crews have been working on trying to keep the fire under control by throwing bucketloads of water into the sky and also have been using the water that comes from a lake on the property as an available reservoir.
A couple in love, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, had a dream together of buying a French winery, “Château Miravale,” for 27 million euros back in 2008.
There, he first proposed to her in 2012, whereas the wedding, of which the press got wind, was secretly done in August 2014.
But in 2016, relations started to get rocky when Brad Pitt filed a $35 million lawsuit against Angelina Jolie, accusing his wife of selling their house and property assets without his knowledge.
Although they parted in an unemotional manner, the couple was still involved in various legal proceedings about the winery up to 2024, and it is likely that they have finally been able to sort out their financial arrangements at the end of this year, as per media reports.
They now have to worry about the condition of their French wine company after George and Amal Clooney moved out of their house too due to the wildfire crisis that lasted several days in their region.
George and Amal Clooney Also Evacuate French Estate
For George and Amal Clooney, Domaine du Canadel, which is located at Brignoles, was both their principal residence and main business place since 2021.
To the extent that the couple owns an 18th-century wine estate in Brignoles named Domaine du Canadel, the owners have been made to part with the site in the face of a massive conflagration which has been burning out of control for several days now.
In 2021, the couple bought the vineyard, and it has been a home for them. On Wednesday, George Clooney, aged 65, addressed a letter to Didier Bremond, the mayor of Brignoles, expressing the hope that his village of affection could withstand the wildfires.
He said, “Right now we’re not sure if we will be lucky or not to survive this period of fire,” said the note in hand, obtained by the press.
“As we evacuate Brignoles, we want to emphasise two things: first, we hope you and the people of our city are safe, and second, that Amal and I are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we’ll be part of making it whole.”
He added in the letter: “We love Brignoles and our friends who live there.”
Wildfires Continue to Spread Across Southern France
Europe’s Fires: Wildfires have engulfed Europe to such an extent that France, Spain, Greece, and Portugal are most severely affected by the fires.
A devastating firestorm broke out in one of the hottest areas of southern France, causing the evacuation of 20 thousand families who panicked and lost their bearing.
When visiting the emergency operation center in the south of France, President of France Emmanuel Macron asked the crowd to remain calm while at the same time encouraging the emergency workers to persist despite the difficulty faced in putting out the fire.
“It’s true that some of you have lost it all. We are going to fight this fire together and win,” the President addressed his firefighter team.
“The circumstances are more complicated than ever. We just had the most challenging situation ever following WWII. We need to see things as they are: the week(s) that follow are probably going to be tough for us, and it’s up to us to stay the course. Speed and determination are going to be our winning formulas.”
Emmanuel Macron has spoken to the nation about the wildfires currently devastating France.
Macron, the president, said that when the emergency was over, France would replant and rebuild, but he added he had already started preparing for changes that he expected France to fight climate change.
Those changes, he warned, will no longer be familiar from the past as climate change poses structural challenges.