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Andrew Jefford

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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

Jefford on Monday: “Fine, fresh wines”

Taking a close look at Châteauneuf’s other soil type: sand...

Jefford on Monday: The scoring scene

A comment on the current state of wine scoring...

By Andrew Jefford Published 28 May 18
Jefford on Monday: Delta wine

Exploring the wines of Costières de Nîmes...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 21 May 18
Comment: ‘There are two worlds of wine: the fine-wine machine… and then the rest’

Should they be judged in the same way?

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 14 May 18
Jefford on Monday: Mindfulness and wine

Are the two compatible?...

By Andrew Jefford Published 7 May 18
Jefford on Monday: The liquid novel – white Mas de Daumas Gassac

Andrew Jefford tastes his way through a historic vertical...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 17 April 18
Comment: ‘Non-interventionism should not mean non-winemaking’

By Andrew Jefford Published 13 April 18

Jefford on Monday: Savoie – the hunt for greatness

Fascinating wines worth seeking out...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 10 April 18
Jefford On Monday: Georgia – the tasting challenge

The latest Georgia has to offer...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 4 April 18
Jefford on Monday: Georgia – finding its path

By Andrew Jefford Published 26 March 18
Jefford on Monday: Schist versus Limestone

Battle of the terroirs...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 21 March 18
Comment: ‘Era of billionaire ownership in Burgundy has begun’

Andrew Jefford considers recent ownership changes in Burgundy...

By Andrew Jefford Published 21 March 18
Jefford on Monday: “Wind, stone …”

Making wine in Empordà...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 13 March 18

Jefford on Monday: Vin Jaune and cousins

'Don't let these vintages slip by...'

By Andrew Jefford Published 5 March 18
Jefford on Monday: Downhill all the way

Celebrating the Jacquère-based wines of Savoie...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 20 February 18
Comment: ‘2017 must be one of the most disaster-strewn years since phylloxera’

What horrors await for 2018?...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 16 February 18
Jefford: Tasting the Virtuosi

Looking at St Chinian’s statistical stars...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 15 February 18
Jefford on Monday: Tracking terroir

Analysing links between soil and terroir...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 7 February 18
Priorat in-depth and great reds to try – Andrew Jefford

How Priorat started making some of Spain's best reds...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 7 February 18

Jefford on Monday: Grapevine trunk disease – the ‘next phylloxera’

Is this the biggest threat to the world's vineyards?...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 7 February 18
Jefford on Monday: Tenants and sharecroppers

Andrew Jefford looks at how it works...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 23 January 18
Jefford on Monday: To cru or not to cru

Diverse approaches in Priorat and Sancerre...

By Andrew Jefford Published 15 January 18
Andrew Jefford – ‘We tasted, against “control” magnums buried alongside the casks’

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 8 January 18
Jefford on Monday: Trouble with bottles

Weighing up an alternative to glass...

By Andrew Jefford Published 8 January 18
Jefford on Monday: Wineism – towards a political philosophy of wine

Andrew Jefford's five rules of wineism...

By Andrew Jefford Published 1 January 18