Penfolds Grange tops global challenge to find greatest wine of the 1970s

It was the wine Max Schubert declared as his greatest triumph. Now, more than four decades later, the legendary Penfolds 1971 Grange has topped a tasting of the world’s greatest wines of the 1970s, beating some of France’s most famous wine estates on the way. Wines worth in excess of $500,000 were sourced from around the world, at a special event commissioned by European luxury magazine publisher FINE and website tastingbook.com. Judges from nine different countries were on hand to assess and score the wines.