Sunday, May 28, 2006

The French turn up their noses and lose again!

From, the San Francisco Chronicle

Who says California wines don't age?

The French do. Repeatedly.

Yet Gaul is biting its tongue today after California smoked France Wednesday in a
cross-continental tasting of wines that have matured in cellars for three decades.

The California Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines placed first through fifth, followed by four wines from France's hallowed Bordeaux region and then another California Cab.

Sacre bleu!

Make that red, white and blue.



The French must be besides themselves. One thing about globalization, knowledge travels instantenously. There are vitners all over the world. Americans are comfortable with this (see major league baseball); The French are not (see infantile anti-reform demonstrations in Paris).

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