Don’t forget Paris (1976)
The celebrated Paris tasting of 1976, which stunningly established California wines as among the world’s best after beating equivalent French wines in a blind tasting, is getting a lot of attention in the run-up to its 30th anniversary.
George Taber, a former editor at Time, has expanded on the four paragraph story he originally wrote after the event and has a new book out on the subject, Judgment of Paris (Scribner).
Yesterday, Warren Winiarski and Mike Grgich, the makers of the red (Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars) and white (Chateau Montelena) wines that won, were in the Capitol Hill office of Mike Thompson (D-Calif), wining and dining with the Congressional wine caucus.
Republicans and Democrats alike packed Thompson’s office. Fraternité across the political divide on the Hill? Wow, maybe next year the 30th anniversary reception will be at the French Embassy!
