EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 32 MIN
▻ The Story of the Judgement of Paris – Part III
from The Wine Conversation · host Sarah Kemp
“We weren’t always welcome because they thought we were French”. Bella Spurrier recalling her trip to California with Steven while sourcing the wines for the Judgement of Paris. Listening in to part two of the History of the Judgement of Paris to hear the remarkable tale of how the tasting came about, and how the wines were chosen. In this episode, Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig talk to Bella Spurrier, Steven’s wife who accompanied him on his trip to California, Patrica Gallagher, Steven’s director of the Academie du Vin who came up with the idea for the tasting and Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena who remembers the visit (he was told to clean the cellars and disappear by Mike Grigich). Unmissable recollections from the people who were actually there.Find out more at: wine-conversation.com
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May 24th 1976 – a day when a tasting in Paris changed the wine world. Listen in to Part 3 of the story of the Judgement of Paris to hear from two of the people who were actually in the room, Patricia Gallagher and Bella Spurrier. Discover Mike Grigich’s reaction when he received a telegram to say Chateau Montelena had won the white wine flight and find out how Baron Phillipe de Rothschild’s reacted when Château Mouton Rothschild came second to an unknown Californian wine, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. Plus the backlash against Steven Spurrier who became persona non grata in many French vineyards and how the French judges came under fire. Unmissable drama.
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