Judgment of Paris 1976 wine tasting

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blind tasting wine tasting event

The Judgment of Paris 1976 wine tasting was a landmark blind tasting in which California wines unexpectedly outscored top French wines, transforming global perceptions of New World wine quality.

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1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blind tasting ⓘ wine tasting event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Judgment of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	California wine industry NERFINISHED ⓘ New World wine movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of disruption of traditional wine hierarchies ⓘ
date	1976-05-24 ⓘ
documentedBy	Time magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ
evaluationMethod	blind scoring by French judges ⓘ
featuredCountry	France NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredRegion	Bordeaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ California NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	30th anniversary rematch tastings ⓘ
historicalContext	occurred during the rise of California as a major wine region ⓘ
impact	challenged French dominance in fine wine ⓘ increased international prestige of California wines ⓘ transformed global perceptions of New World wine quality ⓘ
includedCategory	red wines ⓘ white wines ⓘ
includedVariety	Cabernet Sauvignon NERFINISHED ⓘ Chardonnay ⓘ
judgedBy	French sommeliers ⓘ French wine critics ⓘ French wine experts ⓘ
legacy	considered a turning point in wine history ⓘ inspired subsequent comparative tastings of Old World and New World wines ⓘ
location	France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
notableFor	unexpected victory of California wines over French wines ⓘ
notableOutcome	California wines outscored top French wines ⓘ
organizedBy	Patricia Gallagher NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Spurrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizerBase	Caves de la Madeleine wine shop in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizerProfession	wine merchant ⓘ
purpose	to showcase California wines to the French wine establishment ⓘ
reportedBy	George M. Taber NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	California Cabernet Sauvignon ranked above Bordeaux reds NERFINISHED ⓘ California Chardonnay ranked above Burgundy white Burgundies NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	books about wine history ⓘ documentaries about wine ⓘ film "Bottle Shock" (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ
tastingType	blind tasting ⓘ
unexpectedness	French judges did not know they were favoring California wines ⓘ
year	1976 ⓘ

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California wine → historicalEvent → Judgment of Paris 1976 wine tasting ⓘ

Miljenko "Mike" Grgich → notableWork → Judgment of Paris 1976 wine tasting ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay