Are California wines better than French wines?

It seems like I can't turn on the computer these days without finding an article or review about Bottle Shock, the independent film based on the true story of "The Judgement of Paris" tasting where California wine beat French wine in a blind taste test in 1976.

While the wines at the Seattle Food and Wine Experience won't be served blind, you will be getting a rare opportunity in Seattle to taste French wines and California wines together in one place. For those of you who are hard-core Washington wine lovers you will be able to compare and contrast them next to their French and California counterparts, affirming what makes wines from Washington unique. But why stop at France and the USA? Wines from all over the globe will be represented. Over a thousand different wines coming together to create a sensory trip around the world.

Whether or not you are old enough to remember the tasting depicted in the Bottle Shock movie, the Seattle Food and Wine Experience will allow you to "judge" for yourself which wine regions are the best.