Whose grapes?
2008-08-26 18:18:26.263733+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Setting the record straight on Bottle Shock. George Taber, who wrote the book Judgement of Paris which inspired the movie, noted that:
... in '73, Chateau Montelena bought "just over 40 tons of chardonnay from local growers" -- about 20 tons from Henry Dick in Alexander Valley, 14 tons from the Bacigalupis in Russian River Valley and the remaining 5 tons from Napa Valley growers John Hanna and Lee Paschich.
So, yeah, despite the Napa label, it was Sonoma grapes that turned the world upside down.