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The Tasting Heard Around the World [6min @14:00]

In 1976, Time magazine journalist George Taber attended a wine tasting in France. He expected it to be your average tasting. What he didn't anticipate was that it would change the world of wine forever -- because the judges couldn't distinguish which wines were from France and which were from California."Weekend America" host Bill Radke talks with Taber about this revolutionary day in wine history.
Read entire article at APM "Weekend America" Hour 1