The '' New York Times '' reported that several earlier tastings had occurred in the U.S. , with American chardonnays judged ahead of their French rivals . One such tasting occurred in New York just six months before the Paris Tasting , but " champions of the French wines argued that the tasters were Americans with possible bias toward American wines . What is more , they said , there was always the possibility that the Burgundies had been mistreated during the long trip from the ( French ) wineries . " The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 had a revolutionary impact on expanding the production and prestige of wine in the New World . It also " gave the French a valuable incentive to review traditions that were sometimes more accumulations of habit and expediency , and to reexamine convictions that were little more than myths taken on trust . " '' Bottle Shock '' , a feature film starring Alan Rickman and Chris Pine , dramatized the 1976 wine tasting and debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival . A second film ( '' Judgment of Paris '' , based on George Taber 's book of the same name ) was in the works , and there has been controversy between the makers of the two films with allegations of defamation and misrepresentation
2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Judgment of Paris (wine)