
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: 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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Jefford on Monday: The nth degree winery
In 30 years, our columnist has never seen this...
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Jefford on Monday: Torres and the existential struggle
Identity and wine...
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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'...
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Jefford on Monday: Lifting the veil
Comparing the wines of Jura, Jerez and Tokaji...
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Jefford on Monday: The fullness of wine
Just don't mention 'natural wine'...
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Jefford on Monday: Burgundy’s great question
Rigidity and the climat system...
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Comment: ‘Modern humans relish “dangerous” bitter flavours’
The perception of bitter flavours in wine....
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Jefford on Monday: All change at Capion
Andrew Jefford salutes a Russian renaissance in the Gassac valley...
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Jefford on Monday: The Chablis difference
Why Chablis is its own wine kingdom...
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Brexit and GIs: Erode protected names at your peril, says Andrew Jefford
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Jefford on Monday: “Fine, fresh wines”
Taking a close look at Châteauneuf’s other soil type: sand...
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Jefford on Monday: The scoring scene
A comment on the current state of wine scoring...
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Jefford on Monday: Delta wine
Exploring the wines of Costières de Nîmes...
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Comment: ‘There are two worlds of wine: the fine-wine machine… and then the rest’
Should they be judged in the same way?
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