At the 1976 Paris tasting, it was Napa’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars that won the competition of the reds. A bottle of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay also from California, won the whites.

On June 5, 2006, Bill #ACR -153 was adopted by the State of California Legislature proclaiming the 1976 Parist tasting an offical historical event. A bottle of Chateau Montelana Chardonnay and a bottle of Stag’s Leap Cabernet were admitted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.

In 2006, Steven Spurrier organized a 30-year anniversary rematch convinced that this time the French wines would triumph….

California won again!

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