1976 Judgement of Wine

 1976 Judgement of Wine

I am writing you to inform you about what had occurred on May 24, 1976 a wine tasting as taken placed in Paris that changed the perspective views of California wine. Steven Spurrier, an English wine merchant who owned a wine store and an adjacent wine school L’Academie du Vin where Americans worked in France that learned about wine. 

What happened on the 24^th of May, 1976 is that California wine has entered into the wine tasting, which Red Bordeaux and white Burgundies went against the California Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnay.  The American wine producer decided to partake in this challenge because Steven Spurrier was very intrigued by California Cabernet and Chardonnay. Apparently Steven Spurrier served young or underage French wine against California wines.

From my opinion if American wine producers didn’t partake in this challenge, then California grape varietals wouldn’t be common, or that we would only assume that French wines are the best.  Also that California wine would be less common and known if they didn’t do the challenge.

Reference

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