The story of how the international world of winemaking was disrupted forever with the 1976 Judgment of Paris is by now the stuff of legend. California winemaker Warren Winiarski, owner of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, beat out all of the French Bordeaux contenders with his 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in a blind tasting originally intended simply to show that California wines were achieving high levels with respect to the great wines of France. Winiarski’s triumph put California wines on the map.