What was the judgment of Paris?

The sentence in Paris was a famous wine tasting, which took place in Paris in France in 1976. During the tasting, the judges tasted a number of wines from California and France and were asked to evaluate them. California wines were constantly evaluated to the shock of the wine community and revealed the popular idea that French wines were the best in the world. The judgment of Paris had a huge impact on the world, and this impact continues to feel; Many California vineyards, which dominated the tasting, such as Stag's Leap Wareers in the Napa valley, continue to produce very high -quality wines that are famous around the world.

Before the judgment of Paris, it was generally accepted by the idea that French wines were the best in the world. Although several winery in other regions of the world distinguished on the spot, the wine community agreed that while these wines could have local value, they could not compete with the best wines of France. Steven Spurrier, a British wine salesman, was curious about this claim, so in Paris arrangementAl blind tastings, which realized it would be.

Chardonnays of the Winery of David Bruce, Chateau Montelen, Spring Mountain Vineyard, Chalone Vineyard, Freemark Abby Wingery and Veedercrest Winery in Kalifornia were opposed to French Chardonnays of Batard-Montrachet, Maison Joseph Drouhin, Domaine Troulot and Les Pueceles. In addition to the Chardonnays 11 Fleets, Cabernet Sauvignon also evaluated from the French vineyards Chateau Montrose, Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Leoville Les Cases and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, Winewood, Winery, Winemakers Hetz and Heitz and Hetz Riugz a and Riugz a and Riugz a and Riugz A and Rirghs A and Rirghs A and Rirghs A and Riugz A A Rirgz A A Rirgz A and Rirghs and Rirgz Hetz A and Rirghs. Vineyard.

Each judge has been instructed to evaluate tasted wines on a scale of one to 20.Ruke was often used as a criticism of the judgment in Paris, and the score of two non -bruises of the judges was canceled from the final calculation. When the final score was announced, the audience and the judges were shocked; The paradigm of the wine community has just moved radically.

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lonely reporter of time , George Taber, was present at the judgment in Paris. He sent a magazine that included embarrassing quotes from French judges, sent the story of four paragraphs, such as "it's definitely California. He has no nose", referring to Batard-Montracket input. In 1978, San Francisco's sentence was repeated and the results were almost the same.

critics of the judgment in Paris point out that blind tastings are extremely unreliable and that the same judges could come up with completely different results the next day. In addition, the lack of a standard sequence for wine evaluation was problematic. Whatever it is, the judgment in Paris had a deep impact on the wine industry and is called "tasting that changed the world" for some reason.