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Spring Mountain Vineyard Chardonnay Earns Top Honors at the 50th Anniversary of the Judgment of Paris

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Wine Industry Network
April 22, 2026

April 22, 2026 (St. Helena, CA) — Fifty years after the tasting that forever changed the world of wine, Spring Mountain Vineyard, a storied estate nestled in the Spring Mountain District Appellation, in the Mayacamas Mountain Range in the Napa Valley, has once again taken its place among the elite—this time with a celebrated Top Three finish for Chardonnay.

At the Judgment of Paris: 50 Years Later – A Historic Re-Enactment, held April 11, 2026 at Nashville’s iconic Union Station Hotel, Spring Mountain Vineyard’s Heintz Vineyard Chardonnay 2024 was ranked among the Top Three White Wines in a blind tasting inspired by the legendary 1976 competition.

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