page_title: Judgment of Paris (wine)
section_title: The wines
hierarchical_section_title: Judgment of Paris (wine) / The wines
caption_attribution_description: Cabernet Sauvignon growing in the Monte Bello vineyard in Santa Cruz Mountain AVA of the California winery Ridge Vineyards.
context_page_description: The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, was a wine competition organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, in which French judges carried out two blind tasting comparisons: one of top-quality Chardonnays and another of red wines. A Californian wine rated best in each category, which caused surprise as France was generally regarded as being the foremost producer of the world's best wines. Spurrier sold only French wine and believed that the California wines would not win.
  The event's informal name "Judgment of Paris" is an allusion to the ancient Greek myth.
context_section_description: Red wines
  White wines
caption: Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Ridge's Monte Bello vineyard.
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