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The Oscars 2020: Sip Like the Stars with Champagne Piper-Heidsieck and The Family Coppola Wine Cellars

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 9^th, guests at the 92^nd 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 6^th 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 92^nd 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 92^nd Awards Chardonnay 2017 ($65) and 92^nd 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 92^nd 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 92^nd 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!

The 90th Oscars: Hollywood's Biggest Night Is a Wine & Food Extravaganza!

 

“We are particularly proud to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Oscars. This anniversary bottle represents the history of excellence that unites the Academy and Piper-Heidsieck. These magnums, bottled in Reims and enjoyed in Los Angeles, are the very expression of the universal magic of cinema, to which we are paying tribute.”
Benoît Collard, Executive Director for Piper-Heidsieck

Film buffs and fashionistas are in a frenzy as the 90th Oscars approach. Who will win? What will they wear? But there's another important question that must be answered on Hollywood's glitziest night - What will they drink? I can't predict the Best Picture winner but I can tell you that rivers of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne and the wines of Francis Ford Coppola will flow on March 4th at the Oscars and the official after-party, the Governors Ball. 



An astounding 1,500 bottles of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne will be served - that's more than 8,500 delicious glasses of bubbly. The stellar offerings from the Piper-Heidsieck portfolio will include the limited-edition magnum that was designed especially to commemorate the 90th Oscars and Hollywood's Golden Age. You can't buy the special Oscars magnum but the fabulous Champagne within is Piper-Heidsieck's widely available Cuvée Brut.  

 “The Academy Awards is a ceremony that honors daring, fearless, innovative storytelling, and in that tradition, we have developed two exquisite Director’s Cut wines that reflect innovative excellence.” - Corey Beck, CEO, Francis Ford Coppola Winery   

More than 14,000 glasses of Francis Ford Coppola wine will be poured at the Oscars. The 2,400 bottles will include his Director’s Cut Oscars 90th Edition Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 and Director’s Cut Oscars 90th Edition Chardonnay 2016.  A fourteen-time nominee and six-time Oscar winner (including the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award), filmmaker and vintner Francis Ford Coppola has had a long relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and these special wines are his tribute to the 90th anniversary of the Oscars.  

Piper-Heidsieck Rare 2002 Champagne paired with Chef Wolfgang Puck's Roasted Potato with Caviar. 

Of course, these fantastic wines deserve to be paired with an exceptional menu and legendary Chef Wolfgang Puck is leaving no truffle unturned. The 90th Oscars mark Puck's 24th year as the caterer of Hollywood's biggest night. The menu will include Chicken Pot Pie with Black Truffles, Osetra Caviar with Roasted New Potato, Wagyu Sliders, and Caviar Parfait with 24k Gold!