Lady Gaga was born this Chardonnay

Luckily that shouldn't pose much of a problem for the crackpot singer in the future as she has her chequebook poised to buy her own vineyard.

The pop icon wants to buy a Californian retreat with boyfriend Taylor Kinney.

The couple went on a wine tasting break in the Sonoma Valley recently and told fellow guests they wanted to grow their own grapes.

A source said: "Gaga is really into her food and wine.

"When she isn't on tour she is cooking and drinking the most expensive bottles she can get her hands on.

"After touring in Europe she has taken a real interest in the production of her favourite reds.

New venture ... Lady Gaga in New York

Rex

"She also sees a vineyard as a business investment and something she can work on with Taylor when her pop career comes to an end."

I hope she has more success with her home-made alcohol than the Make Your Own Beer kit I got from Boots in 1997.

Last year the singer admitted she was a huge fan of getting drunk on red wine.

She said: "My favourite way to catch up with friends is to have wine and food nights.

"We cook together, drink six or seven bottles of red wine and just talk s***."

When I interviewed her at the Manchester Evening News Arena after the Children In Need concert last November, she spilled a glass over me before our chat.

Gaga's love of British cakes has also emerged. Master pastry chef Eric Lanlard, who runs a shop in south London, said Gaga is his most impressive customer for private cake orders because of her food knowledge.

The double-winner of the Continental Patissier Of The Year gong at the British Baking Awards said: "Lady Gaga's a great foodie.

Boyfriend .! .. Taylo r Kinney

Nikki Nelson / WENN.com

"When she's not singing, she's cooking. On the last day of her tour in the UK she wanted a big cake to say thank you to her crew.

"We got a phone call saying, 'Lady Gaga wants to order a cake'.

"I was expecting her to want some horrible American thing but when I saw what she wanted I said, 'Is she a chef? Is this from her personal chef?'

"The way the cake was described strawberry bavarois with layers of almond Genoise topped with this and that, decorated with fresh fruit, no food colouring, no funny business...'

"Her agent said, 'It isn't a chef, it's her. She spends all her time in cookery schools'."

She will have to be careful with a diet of red wine and cake. She'll be too big to fit inside her giant egg before she knows it.