Abstract
On May 24, 1976, the InterContinal hotel in Paris was the theater of the biggest disruption ever to happen in the small world of wines. However, none of the actors present at the time were aware of the implications it would later have, and especially not its organizer, British wine-lover Steven Spurrier. What did this much commented event consist of ? One would describe it as a simple blind wine-tasting, as many would be organized now and then, yet this one involved the finest of renowned French wines and the most interesting of young Californian wines. We can now appreciate the excitement that would result from such a tight competition, but at the time no one would have discussed the certainty that French wines would win. And yet they did not. So was the "Judgment of Paris", as it would later be called in popular culture.
