Steven Spurrier's farewell column: Not ‘Goodbye’ just ‘Au revoir’
Steven Spurrier reflects on the past 27 years....
Decanter’s consultant editor Steven Spurrier joined the wine trade in London in 1964 and later moved to Paris where he bought a wine shop in 1971, and then opened L’Academie du Vin, France’s first private wine school in 1973. Spurrier staged the historic 1976 blind tasting between wines from California and France, the Judgment of Paris, and in the 1980s he wrote several wine books and created the Christie’s Wine Course with then senior wine director Michael Broadbent, a veteran Decanter columnist. In 1988 Spurrier returned to the UK to focus on writing and consultancy, with his clients including Singapore Airlines. He has won several awards, including Le Personalité de l’Année (oenology) 1988 for services to French wine and the Maestro Award in honour of California wine legend André Tchelistcheff (2011) and is president of the Circle of Wine Writers as well as founding the Wine Society of India. Spurrier is currently hoping to make his own wine, Bride Valley Brut, from his vines in Dorset.
Steven Spurrier reflects on the past 27 years....
Fine wines to drink now and others to lay down...
Chile, Burgundy, South Africa and Rioja are all in the mix...
Wines to drink now and to lay down...
Fine wines to drink now and others to lay down...
Fine wines to drink now and others to lay down...
Steven Spurrier discusses the still wines from the Champagne region...
A good vintage to buy - but with care, said our panel....
What our consultant editor has been tasting this month...
For drinking now and for the cellar...
From Australian Shiraz to German Riesling...
Fine wines for the cellar and to drink now...
Opus One and Dom Pérignon 2008...
From our consultant editor...
Reflections on a life in wine...
What Steven Spurrier has been drinking...
What Steven Spurrier has been drinking...
Look out for Douro 2015 reds, says Steven Spurrier...
Decanter’s long-standing consultant editor and 2017 Decanter Man of the Year hand-picks fine wines for drinking now and recommends others to lay down