You might want to give a bit of a background and synopsis for those who aren't familiar with it
Probably the French still. They were quite outraged.
Was there a movie about this starring Alan Rickman?
I think the French were outraged because Taber publicised the results worldwide, Time had a circulation in the tens of millions, meaning tens of millions of people now knew that Californian wines were world class. If another reporter without such global reach did the reporting I think it would be buried, much like a tasting conducted in the US 6 months earlier.
The French had all sorts of excuses for the earlier tasting, as I recall. The wines hadn't been treated properly, it was subjective...possibly others I don't recall. Would it be enough to kick the French into looking into methods, do you suppose? Without the publicity, it's hard to imagine.