Saturday Night Live Is Releasing Four Limited Edition Wines
Photos via Lot18
We’re not exactly the types to require an excuse to crack a bottle of wine on a Saturday night, but here’s one more reason to go ahead and do just that—a new, limited series of Saturday Night Live wines.
Winemaker Lot18, in collaboration with SNL, has created a new wine collection in honor of the classic sketch show (currently in its 43rd season), which also pays tribute to some of the show’s more memorable characters from recent years. Four wines were created in total—three that are character-driven, and one that is a general SNL tribute wine. The just-announced wines are already available for pre-order, which you can check out at this link. Single bottles are $20 a pop, while you can get the full set of four at a bit of a discount, for $70. It’s a limited run, so they’ll presumably sell out fairly quickly.
Lot18, if you’re not familiar with the company, is a wineseller that sources wine from a variety of vineyards around the world, before packaging and distributing them for various companies. For this lineup, they’ve delivered three reds and a white: A California red blend, a French Beaujolais, an Australian Chardonnay and a California merlot. Of all the pairings, we have to compliment the Stefon one most—a soft, jammy, red fruit-driven Beaujolais strikes us as exactly the kind of thing that he would probably dig.
Check out the winemaker’s complete descriptions of each bottle below, along with the amusing labels.
2016 Saturday Night Live California Red Blend: Bold and dense, this wine is a blend of 73% Merlot, 18% Zinfandel and 9% Petite Sirah. A portion of it was aged in used Bourbon barrels to impart an oaky flavor and enhance its crowd-pleasing style. On the palate, the wine shows black cherry, black plum, vanilla, dried herbs, oak flavors along with firm, chewy tannins. Enjoy this uncompromising red with a big, juicy steak.