- The memoirs of a legendary wine figure, full of his wonderful
stories, experiences, the wines and the friends - A seat at the table
with the world's greatest wine makers, judges and writers - Tributes
from key people like Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson MW and Oz Clarke -
Steven's obituary was seen in key newspapers around the world including
the Times, Telegraph, FT, Die Welt, Corriere della Serra, New York
Times, Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle - the wine world
mourned his passing The moment he was handed a glass of Cockburn 1908
vintage port by his grandfather at 13 years old, Steven Spurrier knew he
would make wine his career. He traveled Europe in his red sports car
(fitted with a compact wine fridge in the boot), working the vintage in
Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne, before his first extraordinary move
was to set up shop and sell wine to the French. As an Englishman in the
heart of Paris, this seemed a remarkably bold (if not foolish) project,
but the plan worked. Steven's adventures in wine did not stop there. In
1976, he went on to mastermind the 'Judgement of Paris', the France v
California blind tasting that changed the wine world forever. This
memoir looks back on Steven's life charting the incidents, adventures,
ideas and discoveries that formed his wine journey. With tributes from
Hugh Johnson, Miguel Torres, Oz Clarke, Jancis Robinson MW, Warren
Winiarski and many more...
