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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DR. VINO FEBRUARY 27, 2009 Truth and fiction: Ross Schwartz, screenwriter of Bottle Shock, the movie So Ross Schwartz told the assembled group at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in Napa last week. It loosely depicts the events of the Paris tasting of 1976 when a Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and a Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon surprised the wine world by beating their French peers in a blind tasting. | | | | | | | | | | WINE TASTING GUY APRIL 30, 2008 Polaner tasting standouts Making my way past the French wines I landed in the California section. This winery may sound familiar as I tasted some of their wines with my tasting group. But the lure of the reds grabbed me and it was the California reds and people I either knew or recognized who convinced me that white time was up. don't know. great wine. | | | | | | | | | | |
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