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	Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French wines were generally believed by most people to be the very best wines in the world until 1976.
		Leaders of the of French wine industry then banned Spurrier from the nation's prestige wine-tasting tour for a year, apparently as punishment for the damage his tasting had done to its former image of superiority.
		Taber, George M Judgement of Paris: California vs France and the Historic Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris_Wine_Tasting_of_1976 (463 words)

	SLWC - 1976 Tasting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The tasting was blind, with the identities of the wines concealed and the labels revealed only after the jury of nine tasters had voted its order of preference.
		The impact of the tasting for California wines was immediate, like a vinous "shot heard round the world," as one observer put it, catapulting California wines onto the world stage by illustrating that exceptional wines could come from somewhere other than traditionally sacrosanct French terroir.
		Today, the wines of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars continue to command the respect and admiration of wine aficionados the world over, proving beyond a doubt that the Paris victory was no accident, but proof positive of the ability to create consistently splendid wines from a distinctive corner of a very special valley.
	www.cask23.com /1976tasting.htm (550 words)

	1976 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar).
		May 4 - Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 revolutionizes world of wine.
		May 9 - Ulrike Meinhof of RAF is found hanging in an apparent suicide in her cell in Stuttgart-Stannheim prison
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1976 (2787 words)

	Competition in the Global Wine Industry: A U.S. Perspective
		If a white wine is desired, then the skins of the grapes are removed soon after the crush, but if a red wine is desired then the skins of the grapes are left in with the juice for an extended period of time.
		Chilean wines are higher in quality then their neighbor, Argentina, and in 1996, the government took an active role in maintaining the quality of wine for export by implementing the Denomination of Origin (DO).
		Wine is now consumed on a national scale, but the attributes that categorized wine as an elite drink during the early days of the U.S. have carried forward into the present.
	online.sfsu.edu /~castaldi/bie/globcase.htm (9844 words)

	Fine Wine Writing by Jancis Robinson - Chilean wine comes of age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The single event that conferred international respectability on California wine was a wine tasting in Paris in 1976 at which well-versed French oenophiles, at that stage inexperienced in these matters, gave higher marks to some California wines than to their own most revered burgundies and bordeaux.
		We often preferred wines in the cheaper category of reds, for example, which seemed to have been made from much the same fruit as those in the more expensive category but had not been smothered by aggressive oak tannins or the green notes of oak that has not been properly seasoned.
		The quality gap between Chile's best and her everyday wines is likely to widen over the next few years - but as a supplier of serious wine, and serious value in the £5-10 bracket, she clearly should not be ignored.
	www.jancisrobinson.com /winenews/winenews0214 (1264 words)

	Wine Catalogue; Tasting Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		On the palate the wine is medium-full, round and snappy, with plenty of secondary and tertiary components emerging, coupled with fresh, zesty acidity, tiny bubbles, and a long, complex, Chardonnay-dominated finish.
		The wine tends to coat the palate; it maintains the minerals, flamboyant cigar-box nose and fine focus DDC is known for.
		It was then called "Wine from Tounon", and in the 15th century, the lords proprietors of wine decided to honor the memory of the Knight, by designating their wines with the current appellation of "Wines from the Hermitage" or Ermitage, two spellings recognized by the INAO.
	www.towson.edu /~ryzhkov/html-files/wine.html (6596 words)

	CRRA 2004 Training Conference
		Serving better wine is a personal goal, especially for events that last 3 or 4 days and are held in one of the world’s premier wine making areas 1.
		Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is one of our most famous wineries, winners of the 1976 Paris wine-tasting that made the rest of the world take seriously California wines.
		Wines Poured at CRRA’s “Taste of San Francisco”, August 30, 2004 during the NRC Congress (20 cases donated by Norcal, Bonny Doon, Audubon, Peju and San Luis Obispo County IWMA).
	www.crra.com /2004conf/wine.html (438 words)

	French Wine Producers and Consumers
		Knowledgeable people haven't believed this myth since the Paris Wine Tasting in 1976, at which time French wines were pitted against California wines, in that tasting, a California red took first place and California Chardonnays won first, third and fourth place in the white wine category.
		Since many wine drinkers consider red wines to be of even more importance than white, the French tasters were even more determined to choose a French red for the winner this time around.
		Leaders of the of French wine industry was so outraged they banned Spurrier from the nation's prestige wine-tasting tour for a year as punishment for the damage his prestigious tasting had done to its former image of superiority.
	www2.potsdam.edu /hansondj/Controversies/1099940232.html (1110 words)

	Chateau Montelena - Paris Tasting - Media Coverage from 1976
		Paris Tasting • Media Coverage from 1976 • Judges and Scores • Media Coverage of the 20th Anniversary
		The tasting was arranged by Steven Spurrier, an Englishman who runs a wine-shop and the Académie du Vin, a school for tourists and Frenchman alike, in Paris.
		Their wines are expensive, though that is a moot point for the Montelena as it is no longer available in Washington.
	www.montelena.com /our_winery/paris_1976.html (1233 words)

	Wine industry news
		Producers of English wine say they can now 'hold their heads up' with the certainty that they are producing wines that are rated more and more highly....
		American wine drinkers may be raising their glasses a little less often this summer as the price of European wine rises.
		Ongoing results of the Australian Wine Research Institute's research on the performance of wine bottle closures show that low levels of TCA may have a greater affect on a wine's taste than previously realized......
	www.greekwinemakers.com /members/news/2003/030517.shtml (1750 words)

	Chateau Montelena Winery - Napa Valley CA - 1976 Paris Wine Tasting
		These wines used to be labelled as Primitivo, but genetic testing in the early 90s proved that Primitivo is actually the same family as Zinfandel.
		This wine is able to be drunk on purchase, while the estate is really meant to age.
		The wine is usually 100% Cab with perhaps 2% Cabernet Franc in certain vintages.
	www.wineintro.com /wineries/ca/napa/montelena/wine.html (468 words)

	Napa Valley in a Nutshell
		Thanks to stringent and ongoing efforts by a number of dedicated agriculturalists, environmentalists, elected officials, and concerned citizens, and the support of the vast majority of the voters, there is little development in the unincorporated area of the county.
		The wine is "topped up" (the barrel is filled to the top) so that no air remains in the barrel to cause oxygenation of the wine.
		In order to enhance the oak taste and add a "caramelized" taste to some wines, most wineries have their barrels "toasted." This slight burning of the inner side of the staves will give the wine tastes of vanillin, caramel, butterscotch and other flavors.
	www.westsong.com /publishing/nutshell.html (3577 words)

	Alfred Baxter -- acclaimed winemaker
		In wine circles, he was best known as the managing partner of Veedercrest, an Emeryville-based business that featured wines made from grapes grown in the Napa Valley's Mount Veeder region.
		In a famed 1976 Paris wine tasting by a group of French wine experts, a Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet and a Chateau Montelena Chardonnay bested the finest France had to offer.
		Baxter's wine, a 1972 Chardonnay, placed 10th in the white wine competition.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/13/BAGQ0BOQLJ1.DTL&type=printable (789 words)

	Chateau Montelena - Paris Tasting - Judgment of Paris
		Chateau Montelena - Paris Tasting - Judgment of Paris
		Last week in Paris, at a formal wine tasting organized by Spurrier, the unthinkable happened: California defeated all Gaul.
		The wines tasted were transatlantic cousins – four white Burgundies against six California Pinot Chardonnays and four Grands Crus Chateaux reds from Bordeaux against six California Cabernet Sauvignons.
	www.montelena.com /our_winery/paris.html (346 words)

	The Judgement Of Paris 1976 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Carved specifically to honor two wineries involved in the Paris Wine Tasting competition of 1976, this barrel is carved on both ends and one side.
		The year 2001 marked the 25th anniversary of a blind wine tasting competition in Paris where a panel of French judges, selected two wines from the Napa Valley as the best of the best for the very first time.
		The Paris Tasting of 1976 was a monumental event for the California Wine Industry.
	www.awshadows.com /jop.html (180 words)

	Judgment of Paris : California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine \| By - George M. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Judgment of Paris : California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
		George M. Taber recounts the famous 1976 Paris Tasting in intricate detail...and that may be the smaller story here.
		They changed the world of wine and this is a crucial part of their story.
	www.cellartastings.com /en/bookshop/0743247515.html (452 words)

	Wine News -- Red and White and Read All Over -- The Detroit News Online
		The veteran wine writer gives you all the information, region by region; the fourth edition, typically colorful and well-done.
		A reporter traces the history of a bottle of wine from the vineyard to your glass.
		The author attended the landmark 1976 Paris wine tasting, when two California wines outpointed the French classics and helped transform the business.
	info.detnews.com /wine/winenews/details.cfm?id=383 (548 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Along the way, the economies of the marketplace were driven by a widening circle of wine-drinking consumers who pushed along the climb to better quality.
		The famous Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 confirmed to the astonished wine world that selected West Coast wines could compete with accepted top world-class wines.
		Examples of this level of excellence are found in all parts of the coast and are reflected throughout the range of prices, from $6 to hundreds per bottle.
	nwitimes.com /articles/2002/06/02/export23578.prt (655 words)

	BW Online \| May 8, 2001 \| The Day California Wines Came of Age
		The long-ago tasting marked the first time California winemakers realized they were capable of making wines of equal, or of even better, quality than the French.
		The poobahs of French wine were so outraged they banned Spurrier from the nation's prestige wine-tasting tour for a year as punishment for the damage he had done to their image.
		The tasting, nonetheless, did nothing to dent the French belief that their wines are superior to all others.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/may2001/nf2001058_228.htm (1625 words)

	Amazon.com: Judgment of Paris : California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In 1976, a Paris-based British wine merchant, Steven Spurrier, organized a blind tasting of California and French wines in honor of the bicentennial of the American Revolution.
		Taber, journalist for Time Magazine, writes of his attendance of a then-obscure wine tasting in Paris in 1976 where classic French wines were blindly tasted by an esteemed panel of experts against wines brought in from California.
		Napa is explored from the recovery of an industry after prohibition, the arrival of poor immigrants such as Mike Grgich (the eventual winemaker of the winning white wine), the striking cooperation of Napa's winemakers, the technology advances provided by UC Davis and at the wineries themselves, and the injection of money from investors.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743247515?v=glance (1880 words)

	California's North Coast enjoys olive oil sales renaissance
		Much of the new growth has been coming from California's North Coast wine region where there is a deep love of Italy and the robustly flavored cuisine of that region, according to Paul Vossen, a University of California farmer advisor in Sonoma County.
		That feat has been compared to the 1976 Paris wine tasting where two California vintages triumphed over European counterparts.
		The council conducts research, tastings, festivals, tours and educational events to disseminate information on this growing California agricultural industry.
	westernfarmpress.com /mag/farming_californias_north_coast (1793 words)

	Judgment of Paris -- California Vs. France and the 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine -- George M. Taber
		Judgment of Paris -- California Vs. France and the 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine -- George M. Taber
		California Vs. France and the 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
		Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the full story of the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best.
	www.frontlist.com /detail/0743247515 (81 words)

	References \| Alcohol: Problems and Solutions
		1976 Paris Wine Tasting - California Trumps France.
		1976 Paris Wine Tasting - California Trumps France: An Upset in the World of Wine (http://wine.about.com/library/weekly/aa032303.htm).
		The New York Times, May 9, 2001 sO pB11(N) pF9(L) col 1 (May 24, 1976, blind tasting in Paris with U.S. winning highest scores).
	www2.potsdam.edu /hansondj/Controversies/references/1099940232.html (160 words)

	The Napa Valley Book
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		The supplement covers vineyards, varietals, winemaking, wine tasting, understanding a wine label, a glossary of wine terms and pronunciations, and a list of Napa Valley wineries.
		Mick Winter has lived in the Napa Valley for over 20 years, working with wineries, wine industry media, and community organizations.
	www.westsong.com /publishing/nvbook.html (3821 words)

	Judgment of Paris : California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (George M. Taber) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Judgment of Paris : California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (George M. Taber)
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		Sonoma was founded in 1823 as the most northerly of the Spanish missions linking California to Mexico, and seven different national flags have flown there since.
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