The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, was a wine competition organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant and his colleague, Patricia Gallagher, in which French judges carried out two blind tasting comparisons: one of top-quality Chardonnays and another of red wines (Bordeaux wines from France and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from Napa, California). A Napa wine rated best in each category, which caused surprise as France was generally regarded as being the foremost producer of the world's best wines. Spurrier sold only French wine and believed that the California wines would not win. The event's informal name "Judgment of Paris" is an allusion to the ancient Greek myth. The wines Red wines White wines The judges The eleven judges were (in alphabetical order): Method Blind tasting was performed and the judges were asked to grade each wine out of 20 points. No specific grading framework was given, leaving the judges free to grade according to their own criteria. Rankings of the wines preferred by individual judges were based on the grades they individually attributed. An overall ranking of the wines preferred by the jury was also established in averaging the sum of each judge's individual grades (arithmetic mean). However, grades of Patricia Gallagher and Steven Spurrier were not taken into account, thus counting only grades of French judges. The results White wines California Chardonnays vs. Burgundy Chardonnays Official jury results: Red wines California Cabernet Sauvignon vs. Bordeaux Official jury results： Average Original grades: out of 20 points. Breakdown by judge The original grades (out of 20 points) are shown, in alphabetical order by judge. Pierre Brejoux Original grades: out of 20 points. Claude Dubois-Millot Original grades: out of 20 points. Michel Dovaz Original grades: out of 20 points. Patricia Gallagher Original grades: out of 20 points. Odette Kahn Original grades: out of 20 points. Raymond Oliver Original grades: out of 20 points. Steven Spurrier Original grades: out of 20 points. Pierre Tari Original grades: out of 20 points. Christian Vanneque Original grades: out of 20 points. Aubert de Villaine Original grades: out of 20 points. Jean-Claude Vrinat Original grades: out of 20 points. Controversies Statistical interpretation Orley Ashenfelter and Richard E. Quandt analyzed the results of all 11 judges instead of only nine and proposed a slightly different ranking (see below). They also stated that only the