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08/11 Book Club - Judgement of Paris

  • Blacksburg Wine Lab 223 Gilbert Street Blacksburg, VA, 24060 United States (map)

Total ticket cost is $40, save your spot with a $10 deposit, which is transferable but not refundable*

Join us on Sunday August 11th from 1-3pm at Blacksburg Wine Lab for the Wine Lab Book Club tasting & discussing featuring Judgement of Paris by George M. Taber! 

About Judgement of Paris ~

The only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976 for the first time introduces the eccentric American winemakers and records the tremendous aftershocks of this historic event that changed forever the world of wine.

The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At this legendary contest—a blind tasting—a panel of top French wine experts shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France’s best.

George M. Taber, the only reporter present, recounts this seminal contest and its far-reaching effects, focusing on three gifted unknowns behind the winning wines: a college lecturer, a real estate lawyer, and a Yugoslavian immigrant. With unique access to the main players and a contagious passion for his subject, Taber renders this historic event and its tremendous aftershocks—repositioning the industry and sparking a golden age for viticulture across the globe. With an eclectic cast of characters and magnificent settings, Judgment of Paris is an illuminating tale and a story of the entrepreneurial spirit of the new world conquering the old.

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