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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (364616)	2/28/2003 11:32:31 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, it is Stag's Leap vineyard, owned by Warren Winiarski, a fellow St. John's alumnus: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars became known internationally in 1976, when Stephen Spurrier, an enterprising Englishman who owned a small wine shop and wine school in Paris, arranged a blind tasting in celebration of the American Bicentennial. With a tasting panel consisting of venerable representative of French wine society, the event pitted several Grand Cru Bordeaux and first-rate white Burgundies against American counterparts. The results astounded everyone. Stag's Leap 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon, made from grapes grown in Warren's three-year-old Stag's Leap Vineyard, edged out such highly-regarded entries as the 1970 Mouton Rothschild and 1970 Chateau Haut Brion, among others. In addition, Chateau Montelena's 1973 Chardonnay trumped the top Burgundian entries. The unexpected victory in Paris and its subsequent trumpeting in the press worldwide assured a fledgling Stag's Leap Wine Cellars of some very welcome attention. More significantly, the tasting toppled long-held perceptions about American wines in general. "Suddenly our wines joined the great and the beautiful," said Warren. "It was recognized that, although our wines might be different from the French, they shared the same degree of excellence, and both were judged by universal rather than regional standards." Twenty years later, that seminal tasting in Paris was celebrated as an important part of U.S. history, when the Smithsonian Institution's American History Museum added the winning wines to its permanent collection. cz-industry.cz