IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 734 
Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 40th anniversary 
of the Judgment of Paris, and the impact of the California victory 
at the 1976 Paris Tasting on the world of wine and the United States 
wine industry as a whole. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2016 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. MCCARTHY, Ms. 
PELOSI, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
BERA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. COOK, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. DESAULNIER, 
Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. HAHN, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. MIMI WAL-
TERS of California, and Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 
40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris, and the 
impact of the California victory at the 1976 Paris Tast-
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•HRES 734 IH 
ing on the world of wine and the United States wine 
industry as a whole. 
Whereas 40 years ago in Paris, France, a number of leading 
French wine experts were invited by Wine Merchant Ste-
phen Spurrier to blind taste some of the greatest wines 
of France and California; 
Whereas those prestigious experts chose the 1973 Chateau 
Montelena Winery Napa Valley Chardonnay by wine-
maker Miljenko ‘‘Mike’’ Grgich as the finest white wine 
in the tasting; 
Whereas those same experts chose the 1973 Stag’s Leap 
Wine Cellars S.L.V. Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 
made by Warren Winiarski as the finest red wine in the 
tasting; 
Whereas the resulting story by journalist George Taber found 
widespread distribution throughout the press, notably in 
TIME magazine, as the ‘‘The Shot Heard Round the 
World’’; 
Whereas this attention created an immediate, positive impact 
on the world of wine, and created among experts, con-
sumers and the trade a new and enthusiastic appreciation 
for California wines; 
Whereas wine is now produced in all 50 States and enjoyed 
at ever increasing levels by consumers throughout the 
country; 
Whereas the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of 
American History exhibits the winning bottles in its per-
manent collections (the 1973 Chateau Montelena Winery 
Chardonnay and the 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 
S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon), and has included those bot-
tles in their selection of remarkable objects in the book 
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