The
wine tasting is to take place on neutral territory in London at one of
Britain's oldest wine and spirits merchants - the Berry Brothers &
Rudd wine shop in St James's Street.
The American part of the contest is being held at Copia, the US centre
for wine, food & the arts, in the Napa Valley, California, a region
famous for its wine production.
In 1976, in a competition called Judgment of Paris, nine French experts
agreed that the Californian wines they had blind-tasted were superior
to the French, now the rematch will include all the original red wines
tasted in 1976, to see how well they have aged, as well as newer wines
from both countries.
The French wine industry has had many problems in recent years mainly
due to the glut of wine on the world market and strong competition from
other nations.
