Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
- ISBN13: 9780743247511
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Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the true story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976 — a blind tasting where French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France’s best — and its revolutionary impact on the world of wine.The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History houses, amid its illustrious artifacts, two bottles of wine: a 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon and a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. These are the wines that won at the now-famous Paris Tasting in 1976, where a panel of top French wine experts compared some of France’s most famous wines with a new generation of California wines. Little did they know the wine industry would be completely transformed as a result, sparking a golden age for viticulture that extends beyond France’s hallowed borders — to Australia, Chile, South Africa, New Zealand, and across the globe.Then Paris correspondent for Time magazi… More >>