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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: Sancerre and friends

Touring Central Loire with Andrew Jefford...

Jefford on Monday: Montsant – silence and beyond

Quietly building towards something special...

By Andrew Jefford Published 11 December 17
Jefford on Monday: Alcohol labelling – taste first, then look

Why wine tasters are getting it wrong too often...

By Andrew Jefford Published 4 December 17
Andrew Jefford – ‘The wines didn’t open the door to the magical kingdom of Burgundy bliss’

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 3 December 17
Jefford on Monday: La Livinière and the lion race

One to watch, says Andrew Jefford...

By Andrew Jefford Published 27 November 17
What’s changing in Cava

With its distinct sense of terroir, Cava made from Catalonia’s indigenous grape varieties is something we should all be drinking now, says Andrew Jefford

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 23 November 17
Jefford on Monday: The white question

Is Priorat on the verge of change?...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 21 November 17

Jefford on Monday: The good and the right

Andrew Jefford explores personal taste...

By Andrew Jefford Published 13 November 17
Jefford on Monday: Talent under the cosh

Career-threatening hailstorms and identity in Beaujolais...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 8 November 17
Andrew Jefford – ‘The greatest wines often have a lovely unloveliness at their heart’

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 1 November 17
Jefford on Monday: The Georgia Connection

Andrew Jefford interviews a professor of ancient wine...

By Andrew Jefford Published 30 October 17
Jefford on Monday: Tasting history

Andrew Jefford tastes 19 vintages from the Morey-St Denis Grand Cru vineyard of Clos de Tart...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 27 October 17
Andrew Jefford – ‘Wine is hard to unearth in France’s present-day cultural identity’

By Andrew Jefford Published 25 October 17

Jefford on Monday: The Tuscan Original

Wine is full of colossal pretensions, but not here...

By Andrew Jefford Published 16 October 17
Jefford on Monday: Languedoc’s cool kid

Andrew Jefford explores Pic St Loup...

By Andrew Jefford Published 9 October 17
Jefford on Monday: Slovenia’s dream white

Andrew Jefford tastes Rebula...

By Andrew Jefford Published 2 October 17
Jefford on Monday: The advent of AdVini

The rise of France's fourth largest wine company...

By Andrew Jefford Published 25 September 17
Jefford on Monday: Forward in doubt

Andrew Jefford interviews Gaia Gaja...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 20 September 17
Jefford on Monday: The ethnologist in the cellar

Making wine for the common good: a Languedoc co-operative...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 12 September 17

Jefford on Monday: Britain’s Brexit hangover

Andrew Jefford on the Brexit squeeze facing wine...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 5 September 17
Jefford: Guerrilla guide to drinking wine – Part four

Don't believe everything you've heard...

By Andrew Jefford Published 28 August 17
Jefford: The guerrilla guide to wine places – Part three

Why location matters?...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 25 August 17
Jefford: The guerrilla guide to making wine – Part two

A nonconformist guide to making wine...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 25 August 17
Jefford: The guerrilla guide to wine – Part one

Make your own mind up...

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 25 August 17
Jefford on Monday: Secrets of the Quilt

By Andrew Jefford Last updated 24 August 17