Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine

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Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
by George M. Taber
from Scribner

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• Judging Paris
  This is much more than Taber's account of the actual historic French/California taste-off. It is really an indepth look at the beginnings of the post-Prohibition California wine industry, especially the quality winemakers who were trying to do much more than provide good jug wines. There are wonderful family histories, anecdotes, analysis of wine marketing, and much more.
  If you have only seen the film "Bottle Shock," you should read this book to see what really happened. It's a fun film but more... more info

• California wines recognized worldwide
  This is a superb first hand account of the event that shook the wine world and turned it upside down; California wines came out on top and the wine world has never been the same since. This book is much more than a story about the event, it is a mini-history of California wine making, from the growth of small vineyards with limited production into the multi-billion dollar global business that it has become. With the California wines winning the tasting by getting the higher marks, California was thrust into... more info

• Great Book on Wine
  Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
  Ordered this book after seeing the movie "Bottle Shock" this is so much more interesting. The movie was cute but a bit stupid ... The book is great with lots of real history and technical info. on wine that I find facinating.

• California vs France: The ultimate wine tasting competition
  Taber, a writer for Time Magazine when he observed the competition in 1976, pulls the story threads together in a mesmerizing tale of personalities, chardonnays and cabernets

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