To commemorate the famed Paris tasting of 1976, Crushpad hosted a tasting rematch of current vintages of some of the original wineries involved in the Paris tasting.

The tasting that took place in 76 had every opportunity to be just a simple publicity stunt that was largely ignored by the mainstream press. But journalist George Taber was there and chronicled what was unthinkable at the time -- that upstart wine makers in California could create wines that were better than the best French wines, wines that were known to be the best in the world.

Before this tasting, winemakers all over the world were making wine they simply accepted would never be as great or respected as first growth Bordeaux or white Burgundy, now they too believed that they could make the greatest wine in the world. So from that one simple event, the modern world of winemaking was born. And we here at Crushpad are trying to assist a similar revolution as people all over the world learn they can make their very own world-class wine.

So we celebrate with a reenactment of that tasting, then we head off to watch the premier of "Bottle Shock," a movie based on the events surrounding the 76 Paris tasting.