Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Judgment of Paris, Wine fault, Wine tasting descriptors, Hardy Rodenstock, Wine of the Month Club, Wine Society, Oxford University Wine Society, Tasting room, Cup-bearer, The Great Led Zeppelin Wine Pairing, Wine competition, International Wine and Spirit Competition, Enoteca, Wine clubs, International Value Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Munskankarna, Wine Campus, Grand European Jury Wine Tasting of 1997, Varsity blind wine tasting match, Wine for the Confused, Typicity, Great Chardonnay Showdown, New York Wine Tasting of 1973, Cape Wine Master, Wine Olympics. Excerpt: The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 or 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 blind tasting of top-quality chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon wines from France and from California. A California 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. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Ridge's Monte Bello vineyard.Red wines A bottle of 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that won the white wine competition.White wines When the results were announced French judge Odette Kahn demanded her ballot back and would later criticize the Paris tasting.The eleven judges were (in alphabetical order): Blind tasting was performed and the judges were asked to grade each wine out of 20 points. No specific grading framework was given, leaving the judges free to grade according to their own criteria. Rankings of the wines preferred by individual judges were done based on the...