Giant Bottle is 63rd Primetime Emmy “Guest Book” of 68 Celebrity Autographs
Jeffrey Stambor, of Beaulieu Vineyard puts the final signature on this year’s Emmy Big Bottle
Beaulieu Vineyard poured it on at this year’s 2012 Emmy Awards but never opened the bottle.
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For the second year in a row BV wowed the nominees and guests by creating one of the most magnificent wines, in one the most magnificent bottles and then had bottle signed by 68 Hollywood TV-stars, Emmy Winners, Nominees and other industry luminaries.
The bottle alone is a valuable, custom-etched and painted, 27-liter bottle of the winery’s flagship Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It is the equivalent of 3 cases of wine or 36 bottles of wine and, by the way…is the largest bottle produced for the wine industry. The full bottle stands 3.5 feet high and weighs over 110 pounds.
The autographs make this exceptional collector’s item into something truly one of a kind with signatures that include Emmy winners Kevin Costner (Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, Hatfields & McCoys); Damian Lewis (Actor in a Drama Series, Homeland); Jon Cryer (Actor in a Comedy Series, Two and a Half Men); Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Actress in a Comedy Series, Veep); Julie Bowen (Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Modern Family); Eric Stonestreet (Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Modern Family).
In addition to other winners, the bottle also bears the autographs of Emmy Host Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Sheen, Amy Poehler, William H. Macy, Rob Lowe, Clare Danes, Hugh Laurie, Don Cheadle, David Spade, Emmy Producer Mark Burnett, and the cast of Entourage: Jeremy Piven, Adrien Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Scott Caan.
This list goes on to include; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Anna Gunn, Zooey Deschanel, Loretta Devine, Jason Ritter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brenda Strong, Connie Britton, Dot-Marie Jones, Martha Plimpton, Joanne Froggatt, Elisabeth Moss, Giancarlo Esposito, Mayim Bialik, Jared Harris, Cat Deeley, Jeremy Davies, Sarah Paulson, Julia Ormond, Mare Winningham, Martin Freeman, and even more
Beaulieu Vineyard, established in 1900, is a historic Napa Valley winery with a tradition of quality and innovation. Founded by French immigrant, Georges de Latour, Beaulieu Vineyard set early standards for excellence in premium winemaking and was the first reserve Cabernet produced in America and has been a benchmark in California winemaking since the first vintage in 1936.
Last year’s 27 liter presentation bottle featured over 65 signatures representing Emmy winners, nominees and presenters and resulted in a contribution of $8000 to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation.
