Wine Shock: 'The Judgement of Paris'

Witness History: Witness Archive 2017 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In May 1976, new unknown Californian wines beat top French wines in a blind wine tasting in Paris. The result shocked the wine world, it transformed the reputation of Californian wine, and horrified the French wine industry. We hear from Steven Spurrier, the man who organised the wine tasting. Photo: A man smells wine in a wineglass. (Getty Images)