Andrew Jefford: Understanding tension in wine

• September 17, 2018

What does it mean if a wine has tension?...

Jefford on Monday: The cooper’s tale

• September 3, 2018

Not a job for the faint-hearted...

Andrew Jefford: Wine and the world

• August 27, 2018

Why wine is not simply a prop for escapism...

Andrew Jefford: Horizontal and vertical

• August 20, 2018

Sticking up for the underdog...

Comment: Chile could have the ‘world at its feet’

• August 16, 2018

Reflecting on this year's Decanter World Wine Awards...

Andrew Jefford: Wine and money

• August 13, 2018

Is money wine's biggest 'contaminant'?...

Andrew Jefford: The search for purity in wine

• August 6, 2018

The first of four 'August essays'...

Jefford on Monday: Torres and the existential struggle

• July 30, 2018

Identity and wine...

Jefford on Monday: Burgundy’s great question

• July 23, 2018

Rigidity and the climat system...

Jefford on Monday: The fullness of wine

• July 16, 2018

Just don't mention 'natural wine'...

Comment: ‘Modern humans relish “dangerous” bitter flavours’

• July 12, 2018

The perception of bitter flavours in wine....

Jefford on Monday: Redressing the balance

• July 9, 2018

Our columnist reviews a new book on vineyard soils and geology...

Jefford on Monday: The Chablis difference

• July 2, 2018

Why Chablis is its own wine kingdom...

Brexit and GIs: Erode protected names at your peril, says Andrew Jefford

• June 18, 2018

Most mornings, before dawn or after, I tune into Farming Today on BBC Radio 4. A recent interview with Shawna Morris, vice president of trade policy for the US Dairy…

Jefford on Monday: All change at Capion

• June 11, 2018

Andrew Jefford salutes a Russian renaissance in the Gassac valley...

Jefford on Monday: “Fine, fresh wines”

• June 4, 2018

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

Jefford on Monday: The scoring scene

• May 28, 2018

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

Jefford on Monday: Delta wine

• May 21, 2018

Exploring the wines of Costières de Nîmes...

Jefford on Monday: Weighing up Gimblett Gravels

• May 14, 2018

Tasting the 2015 vintage...

Comment: ‘There are two worlds of wine: the fine-wine machine… and then the rest’

• May 12, 2018

Should they be judged in the same way?

Jefford on Monday: Mindfulness and wine

• May 7, 2018

Are the two compatible?...

Jefford on Monday: The taste of spring

• April 30, 2018

The wines of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé...

Jefford on Monday: Châteauneuf – nuancing greatness

• April 23, 2018

Comparing the 2015 and 2016 vintages...

Mas de Daumas Gassac red wines: Recent vintages tasted

• April 18, 2018

From 2010 to 2016 inclusive, plus a 2017 barrel sample...

Jefford on Monday: The liquid novel – white Mas de Daumas Gassac

• April 16, 2018

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

Comment: ‘Non-interventionism should not mean non-winemaking’

• April 13, 2018

Books are written for their readers, which in this case meant English-language wine lovers and wine-creators. France was out of favour at the time, criticised for its legislative rigidity and…

Jefford on Monday: Savoie – the hunt for greatness

• April 9, 2018

Fascinating wines worth seeking out...

World’s best Pinot Gris: 35 top wines

• April 4, 2018

Recommendations from around the world...

Jefford On Monday: Georgia – the tasting challenge

• April 2, 2018

The latest Georgia has to offer...

Jefford on Monday: Georgia – finding its path

• March 26, 2018

It’s been an eventful five years.  My first visit to Georgia, in April 2013, came at a tense but exciting time for the nation’s wine producers.  Russia’s 2006 ban on…