Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher was a director at the

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, a impetus, with Steven Spurrier, behind the 1976 Judgment of Paris

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event and participated as one of its eleven judges. She was also on the

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panel that oversaw the rematch on

The Judgment of Paris 30th Anniversary The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, was a wine competition organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant and his colleague, Patricia Gallagher, in which French judges carried out t ...

. She is one of the few non-

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natives to have won the distinguished ''Chevalier du

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'' given for distinguished service to the

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industry. She was also academic director and director of the wine department of the famous LE CORDON BLEU school of cuisine and pastry. She is a co-author of the book Le Cordon Bleu Wine Essentials: Professional Secrets to Buying, Storing, Serving, and Drinking Wine. Patricia is featured in the film 'Judgement of Paris' set to premiere on

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in May 2022, from the creators of the Somm (film) series, to tell the true story of the 1976 wine tasting.

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Tasted 30 years later: They're alive! A rematch of the historic 1976 Paris event proves California reds age gracefully, as they topple French classics.
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