
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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Andrew Jefford: ‘The suggestion: Different wines leave you in different altered states’
Do different wines possess different emotional watermarks...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Barcelona declared a drought emergency on 1 February’
Andrew Jefford on the impact of drought in viticulture...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Without the younger generation we’ll lose farming as it exists here’
Andrew Jefford on a new enterprise in Napa...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Serious wine glasses are intimidating: They’re a prelude to silence and endeavour’
Andrew Jefford on a lighthearted choice of wine glass...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Global warming appears to have lurched Bordeaux forward into a changed state’
The effect of reliably hot summers in Bordeaux...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Biodynamically grown, artisanally crafted – and free of chemicals, of course. Not so’
Andrew Jefford on chemicals in wine...
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How we judge wine at Decanter World Wine Awards
How our judges score, what the medals mean and why results from DWWA represent a global benchmark for wine quality...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Places and origins build the architecture of scent, shape and flavour in a wine’
Place and origins are critical in wines...
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Why do we keep coming back to Bordeaux
Just what is it that keeps drawing us back to the region? Andrew Jefford knows...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine was so refined and choice that I swallowed, greedily’
Adventures in Canada’s Prince Edward County, Pinot and beyond...
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Revisiting Languedoc’s Château d’Aussières
Languedoc's Château d'Aussières joins La Place de Bordeaux...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Dirk’s an imaginer, an experimenter, a disruptor’
In tribute to Dirk Niepoort...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Is there any duty on fine-wine producers to “be accessible” in some way?’
Does exclusivity mean exclusion?
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Reflections on DWWA 2023, in its 20th year
Celebrating two decades, Andrew Jefford reflects on this year's DWWA results...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Tight, taut severity won’t please the drinker if its grip on the wine never eases’
Andrew Jefford on whether to use ‘malo’ in increasingly hot vintages...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘What can you do? You just keep moving forward’
Andrew Jefford on the sheer commitment required to be a producer of quality wine in Syria...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Corsica is a new exploration of Mediterranean wine identity’
Andrew Jefford on innovation in Corsica...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Wine’s gladiators are then thrown to wine’s lions…’
The pressure of the Best Sommelier of the World competition...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Yeast: it’s an upheaval, a revolution’
The unsung but indispensable role of yeast...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The situation holds Georgian wine developments in check’
Andrew Jefford on the future for Georgia and its many characterful wine styles...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘I disregard yield information – trust what you taste instead’
Andrew Jefford on how yields can be misleading...
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World’s greatest vineyards: our top 12
We take the plunge, naming our top 12 from a long list of fine candidates...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘We aren’t rebels or dissidents – we just care about the truth’
Andrew Jefford on the use of appellations...
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Robert Parker’s 100-point wines: Then and now
During the 2020 Hall of Fame Interview, Andrew Jefford asked Robert Parker to review a selection of his most memorable 100-point wines from a 2020 perspective. These are the wines he chose...
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