Not a guide or encyclopedia, but a very good story. Judgement of Paris. about 1976 when a supposed nobody nothing wine from California beat French wines in a blind Parisian test. Shock and partly turned around an industry, eventually both sales and perceptions. Great nonfiction. Also a movie called Bottle Shock, based on the book, with Chris Pine and the late, great Alan Rickman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_Shock https://slate.com/technology/2006/05/the-judgment-of-paris.html
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Judgement of Paris. about 1976 when a supposed nobody nothing wine from California beat French wines in a blind Parisian test. Shock and partly turned around an industry, eventually both sales and perceptions.
Great nonfiction.
Also a movie called Bottle Shock, based on the book, with Chris Pine and the late, great Alan Rickman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_Shock
https://slate.com/technology/2006/05/the-judgment-of-paris.html