[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 399 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 399

   Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory of United States 
               winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2006

     Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mr. Baca, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Berry, 
Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
Bonilla, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Campbell of 
  California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
 Castle, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costa, 
   Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Davis of 
  California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Emanuel, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. English 
   of Pennsylvania, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
Gibbons, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutknecht, 
   Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Herger, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
 Hinchey, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Holt, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
Hulshof, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, 
 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Jones of 
 North Carolina, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
Mr. Kind, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson 
   of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
  LoBiondo, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lucas, Ms. 
  Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
 McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. 
Mollohan, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nunes, Mr. 
 Oberstar, Mr. Obey, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Pelosi, 
 Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Putnam, Mr. 
  Rangel, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Reynolds, Ms. Roybal-
   Allard, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Skelton, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Solis, 
    Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Taylor of 
Mississippi, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
  Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Walsh, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
Wu, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Beauprez, Ms. Hart, Mr. Garrett of 
New Jersey, Mrs. Myrick, and Mr. Hastings of Washington) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory of United States 
               winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.

Whereas on May 24th, 1976 in Paris, France, the premier wines of California and 
        France were judged in a blind taste test by leading French wine experts;
Whereas the winning red wine was the 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Napa 
        Valley Cabernet crafted by winemaker Warren Winiarski;
Whereas the winning white wine was the 1973 Chateau Montelena Napa Valley 
        Chardonnay crafted by winemaker Miljenko ``Mike'' Grgich;
Whereas this event became known as the Tasting Heard `Round the World, and 
        heralded the beginning of the rise to preeminence of California wines;
Whereas the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has 
        placed bottles of the winning wines in its permanent collection;
Whereas wines from all over the United States are now enjoyed all over the 
        world; and
Whereas the domestic wine industry now contributes over $50 billion a year to 
        the United States economy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes and honors the 30th Anniversary of the 
        California victory at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting; and
            (2) recognizes the historical significance of this event to 
        the United States wine industry.
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