Andrew Jefford

Andrew Jefford: ‘Come on in, the flames said. Taste wine; avoid hypothermia’

Andrew Jefford on the pleasures of Niagara Chardonnay...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’

Andrew Jefford on the subjectivity of tasting...

Andrew Jefford: ‘I urge every reader to enjoy wine thoughtfully’

Andrew Jefford on enjoying wine in context...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Andrew Jefford on the language of rosé...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

Andrew Jefford on why tales of terroir can be misleading...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’

Andrew Jefford reflects on recent events worldwide...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Pinotism is a cult within the wine world. Why?’

Andrew Jefford on the stature of Pinot...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Macron’s own love of wine seems genuinely sincere’

Andrew Jefford on the president's appreciation...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

It’s unlucky for Languedoc that its appellations stretch from east to west rather than north to south...

Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine world has some dangerously alluring myths’

Andrew Jefford on four wine world myths and why they don't hold...

Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Andrew Jefford: ‘Stories should cling to wine like mussels to rope’

Jefford: Soil signatures may provide wine’s most haunting music

From root to glass, soil signatures' subtle music is worth listening to...

DWWA 2021: Here’s to our biggest year yet

A record year for entries threw up some surprising results...

Appellations: Time for change?

Andrew Jefford makes a case for modifying appellation legislation...

Terre del Barolo: Don't underestimate cooperatives

Andrew Jefford shines a light on Terre del Barolo, an important cooperative with a new venture...

Kylie wines: Andrew Jefford meets the star and tastes the range

Andrew Jefford discusses Kylie Minogue’s rosé wines with the star...

Pic St-Loup: regional profile plus the 12 wines worth seeking out

Andrew Jefford: 'The jolts of 2020 have been an education'

Andrew Jefford reflects on 2020...

Robert Parker's 100-point wines: Then and now

Robert M. Parker Jr extended interview: Decanter Hall of Fame 2020

No one individual before or since has changed the world of wine as dramatically, or as beneficially, as Robert M. Parker Jr...

Jefford: The language of wine

Andrew Jefford examines the two kinds of wine tasting....

Jefford: What lies ahead for wine in 2020?

What the wine world should focus on over the next decade...

Jefford: The evolution of English wine

Jefford: South Africa - Shocks, surprises and inspiration

Andrew Jefford reports on a season of drama....

Jefford - Grés de Montpellier: Stones by the Sea

Andrew Jefford explores his own backyard...

Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?

Reporting back from Georgia’s first International Saperavi Competition...

Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus

Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’