The tasting that established California as a serious wine region still shapes how Napa—and the broader New World—understands ...
The original 1976 event was organized by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant living in Paris. That year was the 200th ...
Sourced primarily from Block 4 — the last remaining parcel from the estate’s original 1972 plantings — the wine includes 1% ...
It all started with a phone call, in 1994 or thereabouts. Warren Winiarski, founder of Stags’ Leap Wine Cellars in Napa Valley, dialed up the main switchboard of the Smithsonian Institution, in the ...
In 1976, a blind tasting of French and California wines in Paris arranged by the late British merchant Steven Spurrier became a legendary turning point for California wine. The tasting, which was ...
Warren Winiarski, whose Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars played a key role in the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” that established worldwide fame for Napa Valley wines, died on Friday at age 95. Stag's Leap, the ...
A small Paris tasting shook the wine world in 1976 when French experts ranked California wines over elite French vintages. The Judgment of Paris, as it is now known, gave California wines world-class ...
On May 16, 2016, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris with a special American History (After Hours) program at the museum with wine tastings, food, and dynamic conversation. The ...
In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera “The ...
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