Steven Spurrier was born on 5 October 1941 in Cambridge, England, UK. He was married to Bella . He died on 9 March 2021 in Litton Cheney, Dorset, England, UK.
Wine connoisseur and author, owner of Caves de la Madeleine in Paris, in 1976, he set up the Jugement de Paris competition of blind tasting California and French wines which the American wines won. It shook the oenoligical establishment in France and ultimately opened other markets of good or great wines to international commerce.
