2020. Awards Spurrier received several international awards for wine writing including Le Prix de Champagne Lanson and the Bunch Prize, both for articles published in Decanter. In 2001 he was awarded Le Grand Prix de l’Academie Internationale du Vin and The Maestro Award in honor of Andre Tchelistcheff. In 1988 he was made Le Personalite de l’Annee (Oenology) for his services to French wine. He has also received the Ritz Carlton Millennia Singapore Lifetime Achievement Award and the Prix Louis Marinier. He was a regular judge on the international wine tasting circuit and the chairman of the Japan Wine Challenge and the Decanter World Wine Awards. Portrayal Alan Rickman portrayed Steven Spurrier in the 2008 film Bottle Shock. During its production, Spurrier warned of taking legal action in the event of misrepresentation. Having read the script, Spurrier stated, "There is hardly a word that is true in the script and many, many pure inventions as far as I am concerned". A documentary by Jason Wise about the 1976 tasting is planned for release in summer 2022. Personal life Spurrier was married to the former Bella Lawson from 1968 until his death. Together, they had two children: Christian and Kate. Spurrier died from cancer on 9 March 2021, at his home in the Bride Valley English Wine Estate, in Litton Cheney, Dorset. He was 79. Bibliography The Academie du Vin Concise Guide to French Country Wines (1984) How to Buy Fine Wines (1986) Academie du Vin Wine Course (1991) with Michel Dovaz Clarke & Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide (1998) with Oz Clarke Wine—A Way of Life (2018) Steven Spurrier: A Life in Wine (2020) See also List of wine personalities Notes References External links Steven Spurrier's blog at the Wine Society of India 1941 births 2021 deaths 20th-century British businesspeople 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British businesspeople 21st-century British male writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers Alumni of the London School of Economics British male bloggers British memoirists Deaths from cancer in England People educated at Rugby School People from Dorset Wine critics Wine merchants