Treasury Wine Estates has revealed that its Napa Valley winery Sterling Vineyards served 10,000 glasses of wine to celebrities at the Emmys.
It’s the fourth consecutive year that Sterling has been the Official Wine of the Emmy Awards Season.
Following the live telecast of the 71st Emmy Awards, Sterling Vineyards invited Emmy nominees, presenters and members of the Television Academy to toast with their award-winning wines at the official Emmys after-party, the Governors Ball.
The evening featured a taste of the 2015 Sterling Vineyards Platinum Cabernet Sauvignon, launched to retailers across the country last November. Additionally, the 2017 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay and 2016 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, were paired with dishes including Paella Valenciana, Yellowfin Sashimi, Candy Striped Beet Poke, and Hand-Carved Grass-fed Tenderloin of Beef.
Food and drink at the Governors Ball was served with help from 50 bartenders as well as a 600-person waitstaff.
Sterling Vineyards also gifted a special limited-edition, personalised bottle of the 2015 Sterling Vineyards Iridium Cabernet Sauvignon – valued at $US250 – to each Emmy Award winner while their Emmys statuettes were being engraved in the Governors Ball Winner’s Circle. Emmy winners who entered the Winner’s Circle were also given the exclusive chance to enjoy a glass of the wine as they waited.
To top it off, Sterling Vineyards also reports that over the course of the Emmy Awards season – from July to September – 5388 bottles of Sterling Vineyards were uncorked … which is 32,000 glasses of wine.
Meanwhile, award-winning bartender Charles Joly was serving up cocktails at the Governors Ball. He estimated 7000 total libations would be made on the night and told US magazine “well north of a thousand bottles of Ketel One” vodka would be consumed.
