Las Vegas Weekly

November 18, 2009 · 3:58 PM

First Photos: Holly Madison crushes grapes, sips Beaujolais Nouveau

By Robin Leach

A Lucille Ball look-alike and Holly Madison at the unveiling of Beaujolais Nouveau at the Paris on Nov. 18, 2009. Holly and Lucy stomped grapes together.

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Right at the stroke of midnight Paris, France, time, Peepshow blonde beauty Holly Madison jumped into a tub of grapes outside the Paris resort casino this afternoon (3 p.m. local time) for a ceremony to celebrate the release of Beaujolais Nouveau.

Holly was joined by a Lucille Ball look-alike to re-create the iconic scene of foot-stomping the grapes from the classic TV series I Love Lucy. Holly said she loved her first sip of the new 2009 harvest.

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Holly Madison stomps grapes with a Lucille Ball look-alike at the unveiling of Beaujolais Nouveau at the Paris on Nov. 18, 2009.

Photo: TVT

Holly Madison stomps grapes with a Lucille Ball look-alike at the unveiling of Beaujolais Nouveau at the Paris on Nov. 18, 2009.

“It’s the first time I’ve had this wine,” she told me. It was the second time she had performed a foot-stomping grapes exercise. When she went to visit The Girls Next Door co-star Kendra Wilkinson at her Lodi, Calif., home, they also took part in a wine crushing.

“It’s really fun,” Holly said. “A little messy, but it’s for a good cause and a great celebration.”

Photo: TVT

Holly Madison at the unveiling of Beaujolais Nouveau at the Paris on Nov. 18, 2009.

Our contributing photographers Erik Kabik and Scott Harrison joined me there, and we’ll post their photos later.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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