The Académie du Vin was established in Paris in 1973 by Steven Spurrier as France's first private wine school. Originally near Place de la Madeleine, it is now located at 39 rue du général Foy in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is associated with the 1976 Judgement of Paris blind wine tasting which brought recognition to California wines.

Contents 1 History 2 Judgment of Paris 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Spurrier had opened the Caves de la Madeleine, a wine store in 1970. In 1973, he partnered with International Herald Tribune writer Jon Winroth and Patricia Gallagher to open the school in a former locksmith shop adjacent to his store.^[1] Its original mission was to teach wine appreciation to ex-patriate British and Americans living in that city and instruction was in English. However, as interest from Parisians grew courses in French were also provided to meet the demand. In 1988, he sold the school to Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschilds Château Clarke^[2]

[edit] Judgment of Paris

The Académie du Vin was an early consideration for hosting the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. As more interest grew in the event it was eventually deemed too small. ^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Académie du Vin.
• "Spurrier's Academie du Vin revived"

Coordinates: 48°52′48″N 2°19′00″E / 48.880039°N 2.316785°E / 48.880039; 2.316785 (Academie du Vin)

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