John Oliver’s foray into the celebrity wine business didn’t last long—because it sold out almost immediately.
Less than 24 hours after Last Week Tonight with John Oliver announced the release of “Cabernet SauvignJohn,” the limited-edition California cabernet sauvignon has sold through its entire online inventory. The wine, produced in collaboration with the show’s team, went on sale Sunday night following Oliver’s on-air reveal.
The label was available exclusively at CabernetSauvignJohn.com, with proceeds from the sale—$50,000 in total—donated to 16 food banks across California. According to the show, the wine was being sold at a financial loss, with the charitable contribution factored into the project’s costs.
“Not only are we selling this at a financial loss,” Oliver said during Sunday’s episode, “but from the sales, we are also donating a total of $50,000 to 16 food banks in California.”
The wine’s unveiling came at the end of a segment in which Oliver explored the long history of celebrity wine ventures, from Orson Welles’ drunken Paul Masson ad shoots to a 1990 instructional VHS titled The Celebrity Guide to Wine, featuring then-spouses Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock, to MacLachlan’s Washington winery, Pursued by Bear.
Promotional materials described the wine as being made from “the finest Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, with notes of vanilla, cocoa powder, dark fruits, plum, and a hint of leather. Plush tannins, medium-plus body.”
As of Monday afternoon, the wine has sold out. Whether Oliver plans a second run—or a new vintage—remains to be seen.
Missed out WTF! How can I find out about the next vintage? Thank you.
John,
Please consider a second run with your wine!
We appreciate and admire your humanitarian contributions!
Awwww Shuckes that Sucks🙃
Any more for Us Smuckes in Australia! 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
Bummer. I missed it. I was hoping to serve it to my wine tasting and pairings class. What a lesson that would be!! …I’ll be watching for the next run or your new vintage….
Please please please….we need some of that cabernetsauvinjohn!
Be sure to let us know when you will be stomping more grapes to create your next batch😉. We will happily jump in with our old field-cracked feet to help with such a great chore💕
How many bottles were produced and how much did they sell for?
Bummer, we saved to watch Monday night!!!
John your public needs another large run …. PLEASE!!
Please consider additional bottles! Such a wonderful cause!
Please release a second run
we were too ate.
I will gladly order your wine. Please consider another run! Love you, John Oliver!
I love that it sold out but… MAKE MORE PLEASE!
Please do another run!
John Oliver looks like a cricket wearing glasses
yes, yes, yes. Please do another run. You have a million fans wanting this and loving the money is going to food banks!
Let us know if and when you make this wine available again and if you decide to donate proceeds again to food banks.
make more wine
got one b4 it was gone. not planning on drinking it right away, want to laugh at the label for awhile.
Hi John, love your compassion and strength in this situation. Please release more Cabernet Sauvinjohn!
Second run please
I want some for my husband’s birthday, November 15th! He’s finally retired!! Please make more!😭
Extremely interested in your wine if there is a second selling/production. That is what a 74 year old woman gets when she sleeps early and watches the recorded show the next day – lose out on great finds! Oh well! Thank you and Congratulations!!!
Damn, sold out already.
Missed it! Please do it again.
I would like to try a bottle if you decide to do a 2nd run.
I missed it…waiting patiently for second run!
Wonderful congratulations John Olivet
Wish I was faster…oh well those who hesitate masturbate. Sober
When will you have more?
I’d love to purchase 1 or 3 bottles. Hopefully you can email if they restock.
I want some
Love this 💙💙💕💕
I guess he is actually a celebrity?
WHODDA THUNK? Thought I lost my eye for talent circa Mick Jagger…B well, B kind, B humble. B kind to animals.
Awe, I’m so sad that I missed out on you foray into the wine business! I tape the show and was just able to watch this episode. please know I think this program is hysterical. Thank you for helping us handle this fu<ked up country
Awe, I’m so sad that I missed out on your foray into the wine business! I tape the show and was just able to watch this episode. Please know I think this program is hysterical. Thank you for helping us handle this fu<ked up country
Will John re-stock up on the wine?! I can’t believe it sold out in 24 hours (damn my procrastination!). Please please please roll out some more wine! They will make great gifts for the holidays.
GIVE US MORE !!!
I love John Oliver.. he really needs to be President of the US it’s a shame he was born here!!!!
NO MORE WANTING PEOPLE WITH ZERO GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE TO RUN THE COUNTRY!!! THAT’S HOW AMERICA HAS FUCKED ITSELF WITH DRUMPF!!!
AND ESPECIALLY NOT THE LIKES OF JOHN OLIVER, WHO SCREAM “BOTH SIDES” BULLSHIT AS FACTS, AND HELPED PUSH DEMOCRATS OUT FOR REPUBLICANS!!! IF ANYTHING, OLIVER DESERVES TO RECEIVE A CRIPPLING FISTBLASTING FOR HIS LYING ATTACKS ON BIDEN!!!
I don’t think we are discussing the SAME John Oliver here. Though your passion and indignation on the state of the nation is, one can see, quite … passionate… and quite possibly the Archetype of Confusion and what is more Anti-Information than anything else
I know he can’t run for president! But the idea of that Biden bashing bitch hole becoming president, with no experience in his name, is an insult to intelligent people!
You, fuckface, are the archetype of confusion and misinformation! Don’t you ever talk with that fucking attitude of yours again!
please give a wine rating! and s second run.
can you raffle an area to benefit? southeastern PA. western montco?
Am excitedly waiting for my delivery
Cmon John. Make some more. I’ll take a few bottles in a heartbeat.
John, how about selling some at your New Year’s Eve concert in Philly.
John Oliver, I love you so much that I’d buy your underwear for $1,000! Canadian dollars! After the show!
Please sell more! What great idea for supporting food banks all across the country. I would buy several bottles for friends.
Please issue another release, and charge enough to not take a loss this time. Seriously, with your fan base and our tremendous interest in this wine, you can generate MUCH more profit to help US food banks. And God only knows how important that could be with the SNAP program under attack–and uncertainty about when the government might open up again. Do it–please–or you are missing an incredible opportunity to help America’s hungry!
I just got my bottle delivered by UPS and I’m going to put it in a place of honor to savor the wonderful horse faced label! Thank you John Oliver!
I want a bottle of that wine I love John Oliver. I love his show I love everything about his show he is dynamite outstanding
Please make more!! Food banks will need to feed folks for a long time and the wine industry is struggling! Maybe next time partner with a Washington wine maker??? Just sayin!!🤭🍷
please release more.
please update me if there is a new batch
please update me if there is a new batch never miss a show & would love to watch it while drinking a John Oliver Cab Sauv
much love – Eastern Passage- Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦(the best place on Earth- besides Jamaica 🇯🇲 🤣🤣
We are only catching up tonight. sorry we missed this!!!
I want one
I would love to buy/donate for a bottle of John Oliver’s wine. He is my absolute favorite person in the world!!!!!