![]() The Englishman was Spurrier, who had driven in the middle of the night from Beaujolais to Paris to deliver the young wine to thirsty customers. “I found a young English guy unloading boxes of wine from his station wagon,” recalls Gastaud-Gallagher, now 73 and still a Paris resident. Gastaud-Gallagher was a young American living in Paris, writing for the International Herald Tribune and nursing a growing passion for wine, when she responded to a classified ad for the new release of Beaujolais Nouveau in 1971. (No one, least of all Spurrier, disputes this.) The idea originated with Spurrier’s colleague, Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher. 1: Steven Spurrier conceived of the Judgment of Paris.įalse. A different story - and maybe even a better story. Seen through these women’s eyes, the Judgment of Paris looks like an entirely different story from the series of myths that have been transmitted into the popular consciousness. George Taber, the journalist whose Time magazine article transformed the tasting into a news event. Warren Winiarski, Mike Grgich and Jim Barrett, the vintners who made the winning wines. Maybe you learned about it in the new film “Somm 3.” Or maybe, unfortunately, you’ve seen “Bottle Shock,” probably the most apocryphal wine film of all time.Īnd so you know the figures associated with the Judgment of Paris, figures celebrated for creating the modern California wine industry as we know it: Steven Spurrier, the wine merchant who organized the competition. You may remember the media hoopla around one of the Judgment’s myriad anniversaries. You’ve heard of the 1976 Judgment of Paris, the competition that proved to the stuffy French establishment that California, too, was capable of great wine. Courtesy Patricia Gastaud Show More Show Less ![]() Courtesy Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher Show More Show Less 6 of6 An advertisement for the Academie du Vin depicts Patricia Gastaud, nee Gallagher, teaching a course alongside French wine critic Michel Bettane. Courtesy Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher Show More Show Less 5 of6 A 1975 New York Times article depicts Patricia Gastaud, nee Gallagher, teaching a wine course at the Academie du Vin. Josh Edelson / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of6Ī clipping from a 1985 issue of Le Point magazine depicts the leading women in the French wine industry, including Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher. Josh Edelson / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of6ĭorothy Tchelistcheff is reflected in a framed photograph of her late husband, Andre Tchelistcheff, at her home in Napa on Oct. Josh Edelson / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of6Ī bust of the late Andre Tchelistcheff is seen in the home of his widow, Dorothy Tchelistcheff, at her home in Napa on Oct. Joanne DePuy (left) and Dorothy Tchelistcheff in Napa on Oct.
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