For the third year in a row, the Symposium will offer thirty fully-funded fellowships for accomplished writers in the wine, food and wine, and travel and wine fields. The three-day event includes workshops, panel discussions, tastings, and one-one-coaching, all supporting excellence in wine writing and providing mentorship and networking opportunities. Steven Spurrier may be best known for having created the tasting between top Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California and France in May 1976, subsequently referred to as The Judgment of Paris. A recreation of this event was held 30 years to the day on May 24, 2006, simultaneously in London and Napa.
Spurrier is currently consultant editor for Decanter Magazine and chairman of the Decanter World Wine Awards, now the world’s biggest wine competition, since its inception in 2004 and Chairman of Decanter Asia Wine Awards, Asia’s largest wine competition, since 2012. He is the author of eight books on wine, including L’Academie du Vin Wine Course and L’Academie du Vin Guide to French Wines. His memoir, Wine, a Way of Life, will be published in April 2018 by Adelphi. The Symposium faculty includes Callie Crossley, radio and TV host, commentator, WGBH Boston; Evan Goldstein, Master Sommelier and author; Jim Gordon, editor, Wines & Vines and contributing editor,Wine.
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