United Kingdom, Jan. 9 -- Sir Elton John isn't "anti-alcohol".

The music legend - who has been sober for the past 35 years - has launched his new Elton John Zero range of alcohol-free sparkling wine and thinks it will "fill a need" for him and husband David Furnish when they host parties.

Elton, 78, told The London Standard newspaper: "David and I spend a lot of our time entertaining people and it's boring just drinking water.

"Especially if someone's here at the house and it's a special occasion. You want to raise a toast to someone and toasting with water just doesn't do it.

"We're not anti-alcohol. We just choose not to drink it. We were just a bit selfish in that we wanted something to fill a need in our life.

"It's been a long t...