1976 жылғы Париждегі шарап сынағы: «Париж төрелігі»

1976 wine competition in Paris

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, and his colleague, Patricia Gallagher, in which French oenophiles participated in two blind tasting comparisons: one of top quality Chardonnays and another of red wines (Bordeaux wines from France and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California). A Napa County 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. By the early 1970s, the quality of some California wines was outstanding but few took notice as the market favored French brands. Spurrier sold predominately French wine and believed the California wines would not win. The event's informal name "Judgment of Paris" is an allusion to the ancient Greek myth.

[[File:OdetteKahn. jpg|left|thumb|When the results were announced French judge Odette Kahn demanded her ballot back and later criticized the Paris tasting.

Some critics argued that French red wines would age better than the California reds, so this was tested.

Two tastings were conducted by the French Culinary Institute (now called the International Culinary Center) on the tenth anniversary of the original Paris Wine Tasting. White wines were not evaluated in the belief that they were past their prime. The Tasting that Changed the Wine World: 'The Judgment of Paris' 30th Anniversary was conducted on 24 May 2006. The pearl anniversary was held simultaneously at the museum Copia in Napa, California, and in London at Berry Bros. & Rudd, Britain's oldest wine merchant. The horrified and enraged leaders of the French wine industry then banned Spurrier from the nation's prestigious wine tasting tour for a year, apparently as punishment for the damage his tasting had done to its former image of superiority. The New York Times reported that several earlier tastings had occurred in the U. S., with American chardonnays judged ahead of their French rivals. One such tasting occurred in New York just six months before the Paris tasting, but "champions of the French wines argued that the tasters were Americans with possible bias toward American wines. What is more, they said, there was always the possibility that the Burgundies had been mistreated during the long trip from the (French) wineries." The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 had a revolutionary impact on expanding the production and prestige of wine in the New World. Modern Marvels (S:13, E:54 – "How Wine is Made".) Discussion of the event is summarized in this History channel show. Hollywood screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen is filming the movie Judgment of Paris based on George Taber's book.