It was while working on the latter in Nashville that Minogue first flirted with the idea of launching her own wine. With over 80 million records sold worldwide, the 54-year-old artist has retained a childlike glee in assuming new musical identities, be it a synth-pop goddess on Aphrodite (2011) or a country crooner on Golden (2018). After first making her mark in the late ’80s as a budding soap star on the Aussie hit Neighbours, Minogue has become one of the most consistent hitmakers of the past three decades. She certainly has a sterling track record. “It’s like, ‘Yeah… I know!’ I only present products that I truly believe in, so I’m never gonna give you anything that isn’t great!” “People will come up to me and say, ‘Your rosé is actually really good,’” Minogue says and then laughs.
She won last year’s Liquid Icons’ Wine Entrepreneur Award, which is sorta like the best actress Oscar of the wine world. Along with overwhelming commercial success, Minogue has also earned the respect of an industry that typically looks down on celeb-endorsed spirits.
Since debuting in 2020, Kylie Minogue Wines has sold over 5 million bottles and become the top-selling prosecco rosé in the U.K. “I suppose it’s not where one might expect to see me-especially in this country!”ĭraped across a green velvet couch in her suite at the Carlyle Hotel, Minogue is in town for a whirlwind week of press to promote the U.S. “Chris heard I was in town and texted me the day before: ‘Would you like to come out and sing “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”? We’d love to see you! No pressure!’” Minogue recently told Vogue. And when you’re an internationally beloved pop icon, that means hosting a one-night-only cabaret at the Carlyle one night, and having Chris Martin pull you onstage at MetLife Stadium to surprise 60,000 Coldplay fans on another. Kylie Minogue doesn’t get to visit New York City often, so when the Aussie superstar squeezes in a rare stateside trip, she likes to pull out all the stops.