Cinzano of the vermouth market in Europe was measured in the low single digits, sales that placed it a distant second to Martini. As a result of a 1997 merger, Grand Metropolitan became Diageo; two years later, Diageo sold Cinzano to the privately held Gruppo Campari. The Cinzano bicycling team had a central role in the film "Breaking Away". Cinzano was well known in Britain for its humorous television advertisements featuring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. One of these featured the pair on a plane journey, with Rossiter accidentally hitting the "recline" switch on Collins chair, causing her to spill a
Gordon Rossiter during the years 2005-2007. In 2005 the prize was presented to Carolina Kluft the famous Swedish athlete. These days Gordon Rossiter is an internationally recognised British-Swedish artist and is a member of BUS, the pictorial artists union. Gordon Rossiter Gordon Rossiter, born 27 March 1949, is a British-Swedish artist, living and working in Sweden. Much of his subject matter is inspired by life in the Salvation Army. Gordon Rossiter is well known within the international movement of the Salvation Army, which he has documented through the medium of oil painting and ceramics. Motifs show amongst other things the activities of