May 25, 2016 | Mike Grgich, Paris Tasting
Exactly forty years ago, Napa Valley wineries were quietly making a name for themselves with worldwide acknowledgment only a slim hope. While the wineries around Modesto, California still reigned as the center for American wines, Robert Mondavi was traveling the...
May 20, 2016 | Mike Grgich, Paris Tasting
By Esther Mobley, May 19, 2016 I’m getting Judgment of Paris fatigue. This Tuesday, May 24, marks the 40th anniversary of the competitive tasting in which Napa wines beat out their French counterparts. But it feels like the anniversary has lasted half a year — at...
May 20, 2016 | Mike Grgich, Paris Tasting
Tony Butala, winemaker and singer with Miljenko and the author, in 2015 at the 35th Anniversary of “The Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown” victory celebration at the Grgich Hills Estate. By Steve Rukavina, 19 May 2016 The man from Dalmatia who shook up the...
May 11, 2016 | Mike Grgich, Paris Tasting
By Dave McIntyre Columnist, Food Forty years ago, a publicity stunt for a small wine school in Paris changed the world of wine forever. The scene would look unremarkable today: Nine wine professionals swirling, sniffing, sipping, spitting and scoring their way...
