ICYMI: 6 Stories & A Video From Last Week
We featured a lot of great, original content this past week. Below are six highlights of columns, and a great video...
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BELOW ARE SIX STORIES FROM THIS WEEK THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED!
Today I Voted For Steve Hilton For Governor, And Why You Should As Well
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California Democrats Are Once Again Trying To Make It A Lot Harder For You To Legally Purchase A Firearm
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California’s Bullet Train May Not Even Reach Downtown Bakersfield - You Can’t Make This Up
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Gavin Newsom’s Hard Left Turn On AI Economics
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Vance’s $1.3 Billion Freeze Exposes California’s Medicaid Racket
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Want To Know Who Made The Runoff? In California, You May Wait For Weeks
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One More Video… Jon’s Appearance on the Epoch Times’ California Insider Program…
On This Date In 1954…
AMERICAN WINE SHOCKED THE FRENCH
On May 24, 1976, one of the great underdog stories in American business — and cultural history — unfolded in Paris. At a blind wine tasting later dubbed the “Judgment of Paris,” California wines defeated some of France’s most celebrated vintages, stunning the global wine establishment and permanently changing the wine industry.
The event was organized by British wine merchant Steven Spurrier, who invited elite French judges to compare top French wines against relatively unknown California competitors. Most expected the French bottles to dominate. Instead, Napa Valley’s Chateau Montelena Chardonnay won the white wine competition, while Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars captured the top spot among red wines.
At the time, French wine was viewed as untouchable — the gold standard of sophistication and quality. California wine, meanwhile, was often dismissed internationally as a novelty. The shocking results forced the wine world to recognize that excellence was no longer confined to Europe.
The competition helped launch Napa Valley into a world-class wine destination and transformed the global wine market. Nearly 50 years later, the “Judgment of Paris” is still remembered as the moment American wine truly arrived on the world stage.