JUDGEMENT OF PARIS BLIND WINE TASTING CLASS & COMPETITION
Fri, May 24
|Shelby
We will be hosting our own version of the Judgement of Paris with a modern take while tasting some of the iconic participating wine regions and houses. We will finish conducting our own blind tasting and you will blindly judge which are the best wines of the evening! Will USA or France reign?
Time & Location
May 24, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Shelby, 5 N Lafayette St, Shelby, NC 28150, USA
Guests
About the event
On May 24th, 1976, a blind tasting of French and Californian wines took place in Paris, pitting some of the most renowned wines of France against a group of relatively unknown California wines. To everyone's surprise, the California wines emerged victorious, shocking the wine world and forever changing the perception of American wines.
We will be hosting our own version of the Judgement of Paris with a modern take while tasting some of the iconic participating wine regions and houses. We will finish conducting our own blind tasting and you will blindly judge which are the best wines of the evening! Will USA or France reign? Can't wait to see!
We will be tasting 6 wines along with a cheese pairing and light appetizers.
The Judgement of Paris was a true turning point in the wine industry, proving that high-quality wines could be produced outside of the traditional European wine…