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WINE TASTING - France Suffers a California Smackdown
DER SPIEGEL ^ | May 25, 2006 | sf chronicle

Posted on 05/27/2006 7:31:42 AM PDT by Atlantic Bridge

Oops, they did it again. Judges in a rematch of a 1976 blind taste test between French and Californian wines have handed the laurels to California for a second time. The French wine industry gnashes its teeth.

Thirty years ago, nine French wine experts shocked the world -- and themselves -- when they ranked certain California wines above their French counterparts in a blind taste test that came to be called, notoriously, "The Judgment of Paris." The French defended their belles dames at the time by sniping that the young west-coast wines wouldn't age well. "Our wines will improve with time," they sniffed. So the Briton who organized the Paris contest mounted a thirtieth-anniversary re-enactment on Wednesday in London and California, to see how time had treated the wines. Results? In brief: California smacks down France -- again!

(Excerpt) Read more at service.spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; france; oenology; surrendermonkeys; taste; wine
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Thanks! Fight On!


61 posted on 05/28/2006 4:20:07 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
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To: All
Miles 'tastes' a Pinot Noir


62 posted on 05/28/2006 4:24:02 PM PDT by KakaduDreamer
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To: Atlantic Bridge

My cars are assembled in America but carry an imported name tag. That is because I like bang for the buck. When it comes to wine, I usually dring domestic, because if you are selective you can get a good wine for the buck.


63 posted on 05/28/2006 4:28:12 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Atlantic Bridge
My favorite vineyard in California has a sign:

Kiss French, Drink California.

64 posted on 05/29/2006 10:59:04 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

New Zealand's Rieslings and Chardonnays are world class too. Unfortunately, most people aren't able to buy them from oveseas.


65 posted on 06/07/2006 11:37:22 PM PDT by NZerFromHK (Western MSMs are becoming Chinese media, nothing is true apart from the paper's name and date.)
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