 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakupera kwema1960 uye kutanga kwema1970, unhu hwewaini dzokuCalifornia hwakanga hwakatanhamara asi vashomanana vakacherechedza sezvo musika waifarira mavara echiFrench. Pana May 24, 1976, chiitiko chinokosha muindasitiri yokurima waini chakaitika kupemberera United States Bicentennial. Muzvinabhizimisi wewaini weBritain, mutengesi uye muvambi wechikoro chokutanga chewaini cheFrance, LAcadémie du Vin, Steven Spurrier, neAmerica Patricia Gallagher, vakaronga Paris Wine Tasting ya1976uko vanyanduri vewaini vakakurumbira veFrance vakapinda mukuravira kwakapofumara kuenzanisa waini dzakanakisisa dzinobva munharaunda dzewaini dzeCalifornia nenzvimbo dzeFrance dzine mukurumbira dzeBordeaux neBurgundy. Pashure pokuenzanisa mazambiringa gumi eChardonnay chena, matanhatu eCalifornia uye mana echiFrench, waini dzeCalifornia dzakaisa matatu mana akanakisisa. Vatongi vatanhatu pavapfumbamwe vakapa Chateau Montelenas 73 vintage nzvimbo yokutanga; Chalone Vineyard yakava yechitatu uye Spring Mountain Vineyard yechina. Apo Cabernet Sauvignon gumi tsvuku, matanhatu eCalifornia namachina echiFrench, dzakapinzwa, dzakanwa, dzakapinzwa uye dzakapfirwa, Stags Leap Wine Cellars 73 vintage yakarongwa nhamba imwe. George Taber, mutori wenhau bedzi akapinda chiitiko chacho, akanyora nyaya inoti Kutongwa kweParis mumagazini yeTime inoshuma migumisiro inokatyamadza yokuti waini dzeCalifornia dzakakunda waini dzeFrance dzomuzana remakore rokutanga maererano nevatongi vomunzvimbomo. Seizvo Jim Barrett, maneja mukurumuridzi weChateau Montelena akati: Hazvina kuipa nokuda kwavana vanobva mumaruwa. Chiitiko cha1976 chakatungamirira kukuwedzera kuzivikanwa nokuremekedzwa kwavanogadzira waini muNyika Itsva, zvikurukuru, Golden State. 