Money makers: Africa's first Cognac maker

After hanging up his foots, former Birmingham City footballer Olivier Tebily turned his hand to a whole new occupation.

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Former Birmingham City footballer Olivier Tebily has carved out a new career

Footballers have long relied on the terraces for inspiration,says the BBC's Piers Edwards. But for former Ivorianinternational, Celtic and Birmingham City footballer OlivierTebily, those terraces now sport rows of vines, not fans.Having grown up in France, Tebily, 41, bought his firstcouple of hectares in the Cognac region in his late teens assomething to fall back on if his footballing career was cutshort through injury. After hanging up his boots, Tebily hadtrouble buying more land, which is expensive and in shortsupply, since only brandy made in the region can be calledCognac.

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