Sterling Vineyards, located in Calistoga, California, is a large winery that achieved international recognition when it won first place in the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981.

Thirteen wines were blind-tasted and Sterling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 1974 took first place in the wine competition. It defeated Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Mouton-Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion, all from the outstanding Bordeaux vintage of 1970 which is one of the top four vintages in nearly half a century. These Bordeaux wines are all First Growths (Premiers Crus) as established by the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 and are France's finest.

See also

• French wine
• Globalization of wine
• Plan Bordeaux

Source

• Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the historic 1976 paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. NY: Scribner, 2005.

External link

• Sterling Vineyards

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