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Thursday, May 25, 2006

New World wins again in a vintage rematch

Telegraph | News | New World wins again in a vintage rematch: "At the time it was unthinkable. French wine, surely the finest in the world, was put to a blind taste test against the best California could offer. It was 1976, the tasting was in Paris, and wine from the New World was considered no better than cheap Retsina. Imagine the heart-stopping moment, then, when nine experts, all French, ruled that Californian wine was superior."