The Epic Battle: Bottle vs Can!
We have all seen them on the shelf and some of us have sneered while others have cheered – the wine in a can. As a fun New Year’s Eve experiment, I put my friends through a little social experiment and served them Champagne, Prosecco and California sparking in a can all blind, meaning they had no idea what was in their glasses except that it was white, wet and possibly wine. We all have some preconceived notions about what kind of quality wine can come out of a can and I want
40th Anniversary of the Judgment of Paris!
Hard to believe that it has been over 40 years since the wine world came undone but here we are! What exactly am I talking about? Well the Judgement of Paris, of course! The Judgement of Paris was originally a publicity stunt organized by Steven Spurrier. Spurrier, was a British wine merchant working in Paris who started hearing rumblings about wines coming out of California whose quality could rival French wines. Thinking to drum up business for his shop, he staged a blind t
