Bottom’s up! It’s no secret that many celebrities like to drink alcohol, but some have taken that infatuation a step further by launching their own spirit brands.
What’s more? These entrepreneurs make a lot of money thanks to their wines, whiskeys, etc. For Nina DobrevShe loves to go to work with her best friend Julianne HoughTheir passion project was the cherry on top.
“It’s so much more exciting when you create a company with your best friend. It’s made this experience so much more enjoyable and exciting to have someone to share it with,” Dobrev told The Hollywood ReporterIn May 2021, about launching Fresh Vine Wines together with the dancer. “At the end of the day, life is about sharing things with people you love, laughing and enjoying every single moment, the highs and the lows. It’s been such a high with Julianne.”
Because of their shared lifestyles, they decided to work together on making healthy wines.
“Nina and I are total polar opposites but we have the same values and a lot of the same interests. One of those things is that we’re very active. We try to live a healthy, sustainable life,” Hough noted to THRIn May 2021.
They brainstormed what they felt was missing from the wine world and came up with their own idea.
“We thought, how do we still enjoy and have pleasure in life while not constantly counting calories or taking away from the enjoyment of life. At the same time, how do we not feel guilty or physically terrible?” the Dancing With the StarsAlum was also added at that time. “And how do we create something enjoyable and sustainable? That’s when we were realized nobody’s really doing this.”
The Vampire Diaries alum wasn’t alone in branching out into a new business venture after her time on the CW show. Her former costars Paul Wesley Ian Somerhalder also decided to turn their real-life bond into something exciting, which eventually became Brother’s Bond Bourbon.
“The reality is we would finish shooting and we’d go to the bar or we’d go to our homes or whatever, but we’d always kick back and have a bourbon so we developed this love for bourbon,” Wesley told Entertainment Weekly in April 2021 about creating the whiskey brand based off of their fictional characters’ connection to the drink.
After their time together, Wesley said that it was the perfect way to reunite with Somerhalder. The Vampire Diaries2017.
“So we fell in love with it. When the show ended, we had some time and put this thing together. We’re just so proud of it,” he told EW.
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