We have better wines!

In the spirit of becoming a mature young adult, I have taken an interest in wine tasting. These days I know all about reds vs. whites, stelvin screw top closures vs. corks, Robert Parker and his fabulous point system, cork taint, and cleansing the palette. I also know though that California wines are out-performing French wines in blind taste tests. The most famous blind tasting occured 30 years ago and is known as the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. The same bottles from that year were re-tasted this year in a replication of the event. The concept was to see how well the wines had aged over 30 years; California still came out on top!

So break out your cheese trays and head to your nearest wine store and uncork a bottle of the number one red from that historic event, the Cabernert Sauvignon from California's Stag's Leap Wine Cellars produced by winemaker Warren Winiarski. There now, don't you already feel more sophisticated... ?