French vs Californian Wines: the Blind Tasting That Pitted Old World Against New, and Rocked the Industry

A Popular Dinner-Party Game Among Oenophiles Is to Blind Taste Wines and Try to Guess What They Are. the Best-Known Blind-Tasting Event Was the 1976 Judgment of Paris, Which Pitted Californian Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon Against Burgundy and Bordeaux, Respectively. to Everyone’s Amazement, a Californian Wine Won First Place in Both Categories, Proving That the American State – Despite Its Short Wine History and Culture – Was Capable of Producing Wines That Could Surpass Those of France.