Ah, it’s that time of year when my dormant little girl daydreams of being a movie star bubble to the surface. Perhaps I’ll never get the chance to deliver my well-practiced Oscars® acceptance speech, but I can sip like a star of the silver screen thanks to Champagne Piper-Heidsieck and The Family Coppola Wine Cellars. On February 9th, guests at the 92nd Academy Awards will be toasting Hollywood’s biggest night with wonderful wines from these respected wineries and you can too.
Champagne Piper-Heidsieck is back for the 6th year as the sole Champagne served during the Oscars® awards season. The snazzy retro look of this year’s limited-edition Oscars® magnum pays homage to the Roaring Twenties. Not only was the decade an exciting time for cinema but Prohibition, that atrocious affront to alcohol, started 100 years ago in 1920. Inspired by history, Piper-Heidsieck opted to adorn the bottle for the 92nd Academy Awards with a replica of their label from the Prohibition era. “In the 1920s, bootleggers would smuggle Piper-Heidsieck into the United States where it would be secretly served in speakeasys throughout New York City. Now, Hollywood’s biggest stars will get to enjoy the same Piper-Heidsieck Brut during the biggest awards show of the year,” declared Benoit Collard, General Manager for Piper-Heidsieck. While the bottle with the Oscars® label isn’t for sale, the bubbly within is Piper-Heidsieck’s widely available and delicious Cuvée Brut (around $45). Look for Piper-Heidsieck’s iconic red label and create your own red carpet magic with this perennially elegant and exuberant bubbly.
All of Hollywood dreams of clutching a gold Oscars® statuette but only a lucky few are chosen. However, everyone can have that winning feeling with gleaming gold bottles of 92nd Awards Chardonnay 2017 ($65) and 92nd Awards Pinot Noir 2018 ($75) from The Family Coppola Wine Cellars. Representing the synergy between the worlds of cinema and wine, these limited-edition wines will be served at the 92nd Oscars® and the official after party, the Governors Ball. Six-time Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola is also a celebrated vintner and his family’s winemaking tradition spans several generations. Limited supplies of Coppola’s 92nd Oscars® bottles are available for purchase on the Coppola website. More than just eye- catching, these keepsake worthy bottles contain artfully crafted wines from Sonoma’s Russian River Valley. I recently tasted the Chardonnay and it is rich and creamy yet impressively crisp with a hint of tropical fruit. There’s all kinds of Oscars®-worthy delicious drama in this glass!
