
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 on Monday: Value in the Langhe
Andrew Jefford on the hunt for value in Piedmont...
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Jefford on Monday: Barbaresco – myth and reality
Andrew Jefford on the Barolo Barbaresco divide...
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Jefford on Monday: Châteauneuf – nuancing greatness
Comparing the 2015 and 2016 vintages...
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Jefford on Monday: Palate fitness
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Jefford on Monday: Letter to a young wine taster
Jefford offers three decades of advice...
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Jefford on Monday: Redressing the balance
Our columnist reviews a new book on vineyard soils and geology...
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Jefford on Monday: On the trail of the organic supervines
Our columnist has seen the future of wine...
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Jefford: Six De Wetshof wines to drink
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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 on Monday: England’s Marlborough moment
Andrew Jefford is impressed with what he's seen...
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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: 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: Burgundy notebook
The pressing issues in 2017 so far...
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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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