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He organized ‘the Judgment of Paris,’ a tasting event at which California vintages had their global breakthrough and began to compete on a world scale with the esteemed French.
Steven Spurrier, the Brit who got California wines to be taken seriously, dies at 79 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Steven Spurrier in the Halls of Congress in 2016, on the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris tasting.Lucy PopeShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Steven Spurrier in the Halls of Congress in 2016, on the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris tasting.Lucy PopeShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Steven Spurrier, left, with French wine writer Michel Bettane in 2010.Saez VictorShow MoreShow Less Steven Spurrier, who died Tuesday morning at age 79, was an unlikely champion for California wines. In 1976,...