Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher was a director at the Académie du Vin, and impetus, with Steven Spurrier, behind the 1976 Judgment of Paris wine tasting event and participated as one of its eleven judges.
[1][2] She was also on the Copia panel that oversaw the rematch on The Judgment of Paris 30th Anniversary.
She is one of the few non-French natives to have won the distinguished Chevalier du Mérite Agricole given for distinguished service to the French Wine industry.
She is a co-author of the book Le Cordon Bleu Wine Essentials: Professional Secrets to Buying, Storing, Serving, and Drinking Wine.
[3] Gastaud-Gallagher is featured in the 2022 film Judgement of Paris discussing the 1976 wine tasting.