That was punishment for the damage his prestigious tasting had done to its former image of superiority. Prial, F. The day California shook the world. 5. It was so utterly improbable that skilled French tasters, suckled on Bordeaux red and white Burgundies, should not only fail to recognize their own wines, but actually express so strong and concerted a preference for those of the New World. The other form of competition, although uncommon, is most often organized by wine lovers and is consumer-oriented. NY: Scribner, 2005. The Judgment of Paris changed the way New World wineries perceived themselves, and heralded the growth of the current global wine market. It was on that day that two Napa Valley wines — Chateau Montelena’s 1973 Chardonnay and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon — prevailed in a blind tasting competition between French and American wines, known today as the Judgment of Paris. On May 24, 1976, the Judgment of Paris pitted some of the finest wines in France against unknown California bottles in a blind taste test. Midnight Rambler 16. In the center is Steven Spurrier, the … [citation needed] Major American and French newspapers were invited to attend, but only the local press was there. The presiding official was a Judge of the Court of Peace of Quebec, and the panel of ten tasters consisted of American and Canadian experts, including two prominent French-Canadians from Quebec. Ranking lower were Meursault Charmes Roulot 1973, Beaune Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin 1973, and Batard-Montrachet Ramonet-Prudhon 1973. The favorable results of some early competitions were discredited and discounted by the wine world. That was followed by the 1970 Château Mouton-Rothschild, the 1971 Château Leoville Las Cases, and the 1969 Freemark Abbey Winery. May 24, 1976 has gone down in the wine history books as the day when everything changed for California. For more fine print, read the disclaimer. He assembled 14 leading wine experts including France’s Alexis Lichine, who owned two Chateaux in Bordeaux, a manager of the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City, and Sam Aaron, a prominent New York wine merchant. 14. Ranking lower were Château Montrose 1970, Château Haut-Brion 1970, and Château Leoville Las Cases 1971. The effects of the ‘1976 Paris Blind Tasting’ were immediate. [3], California Chardonnays vs. Burgundy Chardonnays. For example, the Kendall-Jackson retailed for just over $100. Mai 1976 organisierte Weinprobe in Paris.Dass die Höchstnoten nicht wie erwartet an die französischen, sondern an die kalifornischen Weine gingen, führte in der Fachwelt zu erheblichen Diskussionen. The jury of nine tasters consisted of the creme de la creme of France’s wine tasting experts. Thus, there is only one first place winner, one second place, one third place, and so on down to the lowest place. The blind judges were all American and the few people paid much attention to the results. What is more, they said, there was always the possibility that the Burgundies had been mistreated during the long trip from the (French) wineries. Angie June 5, 1976 08. A total of 330 wines from 33 countries were evaluated by 62 experts from ten nationalities. Directed by Radley Metzger. These wines were their standards of excellence, which they bought, drank, studied, and emulated. June 4, 1976 07. The French wines cost about $275 a bottle whereas the Chilean winners cost only a a small fraction of that. 491. . California was validated as a bonafide wine producing region. That is, that good wine could be made in many places around the world. Aubert de Villaine, co-director of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. Efforts to get a French judge were unsuccessful. It was a blind tasting so there were no bottle labels allowing the judges to recognize the wines. This event began the real-estate boom in the Napa Valley and surrounding wine regions, like Sonoma County and Mendocino. Peterson, T. A Blind Taste Test 25 Years Ago in Paris inadvertently launched California’s fine wine industry. Wine connoisseurs will likely remember the famed 1976 Judgment of Paris event, wherein, following a blind taste test, two California wines received the competition's top honors (the 1973 chardonnay from Chateau Montelena and the 1973 cabernet sauvignon from Stag's Leap Wine Cellars). Michel Dovaz of the Institut Oenologique de France. The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris". Indeed, the organizer of the competition, Steven Spurrier, said, "The results of a blind tasting cannot be predicted and will not even be reproduced the next day by the same panel tasting the same wines. Outta Space 15. Original grades: out of 20 points. Jean-Claude Vrinat For the wine … A total of 18 wines were evaluated blind. The White House served French wines from the days of George Washington right up through Lyndon B. Johnson. Some observers compare the results to “grade inflation.”. Eight judges blind tasted nine of the ten wines evaluated. 3, p. 12, col. 1. Today, in addition to being a wine writer and consultant, he is the proprietor of a 10-hectare vineyard at his farm in Dorset. But just to ensure the result, Spurrier said “I thought I had it rigged for the French wines to win.”. Aubert de Villaine So, prompted by Patricia Gallagher, his American associate, Spurrier decided to stage a competition that highlighted the new California wines they'd been hearing so much about. If 12 wines are evaluated, they are ranked from one to 12, although ties may occur. However, this did not prevent the panel of all French judges from immediately trying to distinguish their beloved crème de la crème from the underdog challengers. On May 24, 1976, the Judgment of Paris pitted some of the finest wines in France against unknown California bottles in a blind taste test. Spurrier knew that the California white had won and panicked. Judges on both continents gave top honors to a 1971 Ridge Monte Bello cabernet. Robards, T. Again, California wine defeats French in a blind taste test. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program, Sterling Vineyards Reserve cabernet sauvignon 1974, Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve cabernet sauvignon 1970, Heitz Cellar Martha’s Vineyard cabernet sauvignon 1974, Beaulieu Vineyards George de Latour Private Reserve 1974, Stag’s Leap Vineyards cabernet sauvignon 1974, Colio “Carlo Negri Signature” Cabernet-Merlot 1999, Henry of Pelham Cabernet-Merlot Unfiltered 1998, Inniskillin “Klose Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon 1995, Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal, Bordeaux 1995, Hernder Cabernet Sauvignon Unfiltered (500 ml) 1999, “Little Fat Wino” 2003 Landot Noir/2000 Cabernet Sauvignon (amateur), Cedar Ridge Platinum Reserve Meritage 2002, Fielding Estates Reserve Cabernet-Merlot 2002, Caymus “Special Select” Cabernet Sauvignon 1995, Diamond Creek “Red Rock Terrace” Cabernet Sauvignon 1996, Kendall-Jackson “Grand Reserve” Cabernet Sauvignon 1996, Lokoya, Mt. However, they had great difficulty marketing them, even the United States. 16. The 1976 Trefethen Vineyards Chardonnay from the Napa Valley won the Chardonnay tasting and was judged best in the world. Ranked at number six was the 1971 Château Montrose. Yet the argument was that the judges somehow knew which wines they were tasting and were biased. On 11 January 1978, evaluators blind-tasted the same Chardonnays tasted earlier in Paris. A modern-day interpretation of the historic Judgment of Paris, the 2021 Judgment of Napa is blessed with the enthusiastic endorsement of British wine merchant Steven Spurrier and journalist George Taber. The judges also evaluate the wines blind. This website is informational only. One such tasting occurred in New York just six months before the Paris Tasting, but “champions of the French wines argued that the tasters were Americans with possible bias toward American wines. Learn … So his idea was to conduct a tasting that would clearly illustrate the superiority of French wines over those of California. White wines were not evaluated in the belief that they were past their prime. As The Times reported "Despite the French tasters, many of whom had taken part in the original tasting, 'expecting the downfall' of the American vineyards, they had to admit that the harmony of the Californian cabernets had beaten them again. New York Times, Jan. 21, 1981, Sec. On May 24th, 1976, Steven Spurrier, an Englishman running a wine shop and wine school in Paris, organized a tasting of six top California cabernets and chardonnays to celebrate the American Bicentennial. Thirty years after a shock defeat, French wines lose again to Californians in the great taste test. 1. The historic Paris wine tasting of 1976 (the Judgement of Paris) fundamentally and forever changed the world of wine. [11], Three of the Bordeaux wines in the competition were from the 1970 vintage, identified by the Conseil Interprofessionel du Vin de Bordeaux as among the four best vintages in the past 45 years or more. View on timesmachine. In the United Kingdom, it was the year the first commercial Concorde flight took off, cutting … The Ottawa Wine Tasting of 2005 was sponsored by the Vendange Institute of Ottawa. Another official French authority, the Office Interprofessionnel des Vins, rates the 1971 vintage as "excellent".[12]. That is, the servers didn’t know what they were serving. Schreiner, J. Millenium tasting. Heitz Martha’s Vineyard from California ranked number one. The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 had a revolutionary impact on expanding the production and prestige of wine in the New World. Zut alors! On a selection of 2, 3 and 4 star hotels in Paris Flexibility & Tranquillity Travel with peace of mind Best Rate, Breakfast included Discount and the flexible rate Bed and Buffet Breakfast Flexible Rate Cancel your reservation, with no charge, until 4pm the day of your arrival! A Denied Social Relationship. Original grades: out of 20 points. An overall ranking of the wines preferred by the jury was also established in averaging the sum of each judge's individual grades (arithmetic mean). After Shock: Revisiting the 1976 Paris Tasting. By the early 1970s, some had produced wines that they believed were outstanding. The competitions were blind. ‘That is definitely a California. It makes no suggestions or recommendations about any subject. California now produces some of the best wine in the world, including several 100 point wines. World class wines are now being produced in many countries around the world. To which The Times posed the question, “What can they say now?” The judges consisted entirely of the leaders of the French wine establishment. Winiarski, W. Zut alors! At the bottom was the 1970 Château Haut-Brion.12. describing the results as "laughable", and said they "cannot be taken seriously". The highest scoring wine was Kendall-Jackson “Cardinale” 1996, a Cabernet Sauvignon blend from California. Those winning American wines. The event's informal name "Judgment of Paris" is an allusion to the ancient Greek myth. The Judgment of Paris was a wine competition organized in Paris in May 1976, in which French judges carried out two blind tasting comparisons: One of … Michel Dovaz The Judge’s Table at the Paris Tasting. 24 May 2006, 09:49. They ranked the wines as follows: The third-ranking entry (an Ontario wine) cost $14.95 whereas the 12th-ranking entry (a Bordeaux wine) cost $85.00. [3], The New York Times reported that several earlier tastings had occurred in the U.S., with American chardonnays judged ahead of their French rivals. Among the winners, there was an inverse relationship between high rank and cost. A modern-day interpretation of the historic Judgment of Paris, the 2021 Judgment of Napa is blessed with the enthusiastic endorsement of British wine merchant Steven Spurrier and journalist George Taber. Peterson, T. Blind Taste Test 25 Years Ago in Paris inadvertently launched California’s fine wine industry. Pierre. Prial, F. Wine talk: California labels outdo French in blind test. They included famous culinary writers and the secretary general of the Association des Grands Crus Classes. Bis dato hatten französische Weine generell einen herausgehobenen Ruf. They will also be holding a five-course Masters Winemaker Dinner with Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars on June 11 2016. Pornography meets Pygmalion. He would capitalize on the attention California wines were receiving during the Bicentennial. Merci, Paris! Napa v. Bordeaux, Round Two: Vintners re-enact famous '76 tasting. The Judge’s Table at the Paris Tasting. The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. The results were in. ”Wine & Food Advisory”, January 14, 2000. Such competitions tend to be organized by wineries, their trade associations, or entrepreneurs. The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. France dominated in both the number of wine entries and in the number of judges. It was on that day that two Napa Valley wines — Chateau Montelena’s 1973 Chardonnay and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon — prevailed in a blind tasting competition between French and American wines, known today as the Judgment of Paris. Cherry Oh Baby DVD DISC Pavilon de Paris, Paris France June 6, 1976 01. It was followed by the 1971 Mayacamas Vineyards, the 1971 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello, the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, and the 1971 Clos Du Val Winery. Good Wine at a Reasonable Price: the Secret to Finding It. Tying for second place were Chateau Latour and Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Criticism of the event suggested that wine tastings lacked scientific validity due to the subjectivity of taste in human beings. The tasters, sure they could pick out the wineries, began to make disparaging remarks about some of the “lesser quality US wines.”, Time magazine described the tasting. Als Weinjury von Paris oder Judgment of Paris bezeichnet man eine vom Weinhändler Steven Spurrier am 24. The French tried to prevent publicity of the results, but Spurrier had invited a reporter for Time magazine to the event. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. ... A taste of the future . 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