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Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by George M. Taber
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 Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the true story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best--and its revolutionary impact on the world of wine. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History houses, amid its illustrious artifacts, two bottles of wine: a 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon and a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. These are t... more info>>
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To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by George M. Taber
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In Judgment of Paris, George M. Taber masterfully chronicled the historic 1976 wine tasting when unknown California wines defeated top French ones, marking a major turning point in wine history. Now he explores the most controversial topic in the world of wine: What product should be used to seal a bottle? Should it be cork, plastic, glass, a screwcap, or some other type of closure still to be invented? For nearly four centuries virtually every bottle of wine had a cork in it. But starting in th... more info>>
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