# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-spurrier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:42:08.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-spurrier"
name: "Steven Spurrier"
slug: "steven-spurrier"
description: "Steven Spurrier was a British wine expert and merchant who was described as a champion of French wine. Spurrier organised the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, which unexpectedly elevated the status of California wine and promoted the expansion of wine production in the New World. He was the founder of the Academie du Vin and Christie's Wine Course, in addition to authoring and co-authoring several wine books."
tagline: "British wine critic (1941-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steven_Spurrier_-_Stierch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1941-10-05"
deathDate: "2021-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.39
  momentum:             3.466232709519934
  historical:           7.726246666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0092925/"
    handle:    "ch0092925"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier"
    title: "Steven Spurrier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ستيفن سبوريير (صحفى من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier"
    title: "Steven Spurrier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier"
    title: "Steven Spurrier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier_(wine_merchant)"
    title: "Steven Spurrier (wine merchant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier_(%C5%93nologue)"
    title: "Steven Spurrier (œnologue)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier"
    title: "Steven Spurrier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier_(wine_merchant)"
    title: "Steven Spurrier (wine merchant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spurrier"
    title: "Steven Spurrier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2347700"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump