| You might not pay $16,000 for a bottle of 1978 | | | | afternoon then have a drink at the bar," He, Paradis |
| Romanee Conti in a London restaurant and hang | | | | and their two kids generally go marketing on Thursday |
| around with Rolling stones bad boys Keith Richards | | | | mornings and can be seen on many Sunday mornings |
| and Ron Wood, but you can spend a week or two | | | | wandering around an open-air flea market. It is a very |
| living like Johnny Depp in a French Chateau. | | | | normal family life. |
| He spends six months of the year when not filming | | | | "Johnny often has a little chat with us in French. He's |
| living happily in a village in France with his wife | | | | good, but not fluent yet." |
| Vanessa Paradis former Chanel girl and their two | | | | He says he is shocked by the gun violence in |
| children, Lily-Rose and Jack. | | | | American schools and feels it is far safer raising a |
| "I love America -- I love going back, seeing my family | | | | family in France. "I want to raise my baby away from |
| and friends -- but it's wonderful to get back to France | | | | all the weirdness." |
| and be living in a tiny village with nothing around. There | | | | Depp is also known for his love of French wines. He |
| is still the possibility to live a simple life. You can go to | | | | recently confessed to having his "Winona Forever" |
| the market, walk about, buy fruits and vegetables -- | | | | tattoo abbreviated (via laser) to read "Wino Forever." |
| the things they did 100 and 200 years ago. We have | | | | He announced to Figaro that Chateau Calon-Segur, a |
| moments when we're sitting in our house and our kids | | | | Saint-Estephe third-growth, is his favorite wine. In |
| are playing, and we look at one another and think, | | | | addition to plugging Calon-Segur as his favourite tipple |
| 'Thank God we escaped.' " | | | | because it's both delicious and a great value, he's |
| "Each morning, I can go to the little village not far from | | | | admitted to admiring grand estates Petrus and |
| my chateau, have a cup off copy, sit there with my girl | | | | Chateau Cheval-Blanc, in addition to Burgundy's |
| and not worry about the paparazzi," he told reporters | | | | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, purveyor of the most |
| in 2001. | | | | expensive wine in the world. |
| Depp fell in love with France while shooting the Ninth | | | | At 40, Depp loves to play loud electric guitar, wears |
| Gate here in 1998. Today, locals often spot him | | | | clothes that could use a cleaning, occasionally orders |
| picnicking with his family, shopping for vegetables at | | | | $16,000 bottles of wine in restaurants, and pals around |
| the market and riding around the countryside on his | | | | with Rolling Stones bad boys Keith Richards and Ron |
| Harley-Davidson motorcycle. | | | | Wood. He also has a huge collection of guns, (a |
| Neighbours say "He's someone who will join us old | | | | paparazzi deterent) a habit he got from his father. |
| men for a friendly game of Boules on a Sunday | | | | |