Why One Seismic Event in the Wine World Still Matters 40 Years Later
The so-called Judgment of Paris blind taste test changed the way the world saw California wines, but is it time to move on?
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The walls of screenwriter Robert Kamen’s writing studio, which is perched on stilts in the middle of his steep-sloped Sonoma vineyard, are festooned with framed posters for his many blockbuster movies—Karate Kid, Lethal Weapon III, Taken I, II, and III. Kamen, who’s been producing his own very good wines for 20-odd years, has made his career out of such action-packed films. He also wrote screenplays for Columbiana, Bandidas, The Fifth Element, and The Transporter.
But the script for his next movie won’t involve anyone getting his teeth kicked in—only stained red. From wine.