Andrew Jefford
Andrew Jefford has written for Decanter magazine since 1988. His monthly magazine column is widely followed, and he also writes occasional features and profiles both for the magazine and for Decanter.com. He has won many awards for his work, including eight Louis Roederer Awards and eight Glenfiddich Awards. He was Regional Chair for Regional France and Languedoc-Rossillon at the inaugural Decanter World Wine Awards in 2004, and has judged in every edition of the competition since, becoming a Co-Chair in 2018. After a year as a senior research fellow at Adelaide University between 2009 and 2010, Jefford moved with his family to the Languedoc, close to Pic St-Loup. He also acts as academic advisor to The Wine Scholar Guild.
Roederer awards 2016: International Wine Columnist of the Year
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Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?
Reporting back from Georgia’s first International Saperavi Competition...
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Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus
Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’
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Jefford: Challenge Burgundy
Andrew Jefford is brought to book...
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Jefford: Waking up the new year
There are a mass of fascinating facts on wine and coffee, finds Andrew Jefford...
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Jefford on Monday: The Past, The Future, Four Themes, Four Wines
Andrew Jefford looks back on the old year and forward to the new...
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Jefford: Are you a label drinker?
Is social media turning us all into 'label drinkers'?
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Jefford on Monday: Christmas wine
What are you drinking for Christmas..?
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Jefford on Monday: Drinking with the Valkyries - young vintage Port
Why vintage Port should (also) be sampled in its youth...
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Jefford on Monday: Brunello’s breakthrough
Andrew Jefford gauges the challenges facing Montalcino...
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Jefford on Monday: English wine - Look east
Looking at the insights of a new climate study for future UK plantings...
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Jefford on Monday: Ontario’s wild ride
Andrew Jefford returns to the Niagara Escarpment...
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Jefford on Monday: Languedoc-Roussillon’s eventful year
It's been a challenging 2018 but there is still untapped potential here...
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Jefford on Monday: The Echézeaux enigma
A profile of this 'puzzling grand cru'...
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Ten full bodied wines that are big, balanced and delicious
Sticking up for naturally bold styles...
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Jefford on Monday: Bordeaux notebook
Our columnist reports on recent trip to Bordeaux...
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Jefford on Monday: Exploring the Finger Lakes
And wines to look out for...
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Jefford on Monday: Blue moon on the Right Bank
From Petrus to Pavie: re-tasting Right Bank wines from 1998...
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Andrew Jefford: 'Cannabis is coming and wine producers know it'
A trend that drinks companies cannot ignore?...
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Jefford on Monday: Blue moon on the left bank
Andrew Jefford tucks into the tasting of a lifetime....
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Jefford on Monday: Roussillon’s Three Js
And 'the greatest Carignan wine I have ever tasted'...
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Jefford on Monday: Wanderers in search of a path
Remember the names, says Andrew Jefford...
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Jefford on Monday: PDOs and the Brexit crisis
Analysing the UK stance on protected wine names...
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Andrew Jefford: Understanding tension in wine
What does it mean if a wine has tension?...
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Jefford on Monday: The cooper’s tale
Not a job for the faint-hearted...
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Andrew Jefford: Wine and the world
Why wine is not simply a prop for escapism...
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Andrew Jefford: Horizontal and vertical
Sticking up for the underdog...
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Comment: Chile could have the 'world at its feet'
Reflecting on this year's Decanter World Wine Awards...
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Andrew Jefford: Wine and money
Is money wine's biggest 'contaminant'?...
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Andrew Jefford: The search for purity in wine
The first of four 'August essays'...