Mike Grgich
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Miljenko "Mike" Grgich was a Croatian-American winemaker in California. He was the winemaker behind the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that bested several white Burgundy wines in the wine tasting e
Grgich, c. 1984
Bottle Shock
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Bottle Shock is a 2008 American comedy-drama film based on the 1976 wine competition termed the "Judgment of Paris", when California wine defeated French wine in a blind taste test. It stars Alan Rick
Mike Grgich
…compete in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, where it was ranked the number one white wine. A dramatized version of the story is told in the 2008 film Bottle Shock which did not depict Grgich, who did not want to be involved with the film's inaccuracies. This success permitted Grgich (with business partner Austin…
Theatrical release poster