Wine Olympics

A Wine Olympics was organized by the French food and wine magazine Gault-Millau in 1979; a total of 330 wines from 33 countries were evaluated by 62 experts from ten nationalities. The 1976 Trefethen Vineyards Chardonnay from the Napa Valley won the Chardonnay tasting and was judged best in the world. Gran Coronas Mas La Plana 1970 from Spain received first place in the important Cabernet blend category. In the Pinot noir competition, the 1975 Eyrie Vineyards Reserve from Oregon placed in the top ten. The 1975 HMR Pinot Noir from Paso Robles, CA placed third. Tyrell Pinot Noir 1976 from Australia was selected for the "Gault-Millau World Dozen" and placed first.

See also

• Wine competition
• Blind tasting of wine
• Judgment of Paris (wine)

Further reading

• Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. NY: Scribner, 2005