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GEORGE TABER,
Celebrated author on wine, uncorks his new book and yet another upset 31 years
after the Judgment of Paris, the event that he chronicled and which first
heralded a new generation of winemakers and quality wines from the United
States…
ATCO, NJ - October 12, 2007
Last night at a
wine tasting in honor of celebrated author George Taber, a 2002 Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon from Amalthea Cellars in Atco, NJ won top honors in a blind
wine tasting that included leading French and Californian wines. Chateau
Mouton- Rothschild and Stag’s Leap Cabernet, both at the 1976 Judgment of
Paris tasting that gave the upset to California, were trounced by New Jersey in
a stunning upset last night. Who would imagine that, once again in the presence
of George Taber, a wine from the newly-designated Amercian Viticultural Area
now known as New Jersey’s “Outer Coastal Plain,” would triumph
in an independently-managed blind tasting.
The tasting was run by the
Philadelphia-based Dionysian Club, International, led by its Chancellor, John
Mahoney, Ph.D., CWE, under carefully-controlled conditions. Anthony Fisher,
Regional Vice President of The American Wine Society and a Certified Judge, was
the person tasked with ensuring that the tasting was truly blind and
independent. The widely-attended event was held in honor of wine author George
Taber to support the launch of his new book, “To Cork or Not to
Cork.”
This is not the first win over France for Amalthea. Just
weeks ago, at a blind tasting organized by Gary Pavlis, Ph.D, CWJ, an Amalthea
Cellars Cabernet blend (Europa II, 2004) won top honors over well-known French
wines. Here the eminent panel of six judges included John Mahoney, who managed
the latest blind tasting at Amalthea Cellars, and Frank Aquilino, CWJ, past
national President of the American Wine Society.
George Taber’s
previous book “Judgment of Paris,” soon to be a major motion picture,
chronicled the historic wine tasting in 1976 at which a Chardonnay and a
Cabernet from Napa Valley shocked the judges, all leading wine connoisseurs of
Paris, when they awarded top place to the relatively-unknown California wines
in a blind tasting.
Amalthea Cellars is a gem of a 25-year-old winery
and vineyard owned by Louis Caracciolo. As a winemaker and Food Scientist,
Caracciolo has consulted for prominent French and Californian wineries for over
20 years. When asked about how he makes such quality wines, Caracciolo says,
“Amalthea’s wine-making philosophy (named “The Third Wave”
by Caracciolo) involves just the finest grown grapes, Oak barrels and
time.”
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