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Andrew Jefford: Where are we with wine and oak?
'I dislike "oakiness" – but I've come to realise I also relish it'...
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Andrew Jefford: Bordeaux’s white wine resurgence deserves attention
'White wine allows proprietors to be creative and intriguing...'
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Andrew Jefford critiques the ‘NoLo’ trend sweeping the wine world
'The weirdest development to affect the wine world...'
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Andrew Jefford: ‘I wandered towards the cobalt Adriatic inlet next to the vineyards and looked back…’
'If you love difference, it's here...'
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Andrew Jefford investigates: Is Germany truly the new ‘Pinot Paradise’ for wine lovers?
An example of 'quiet change' in a warming climate...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The set of possibilities grouped under “Chenin” can dazzle’
'Farewell varietal confinement...'
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Andrew Jefford: ‘What should we do? Panic? Sell the cellar and sign the pledge?’
The complexities of health and drinking...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Clairette is the brother of Grenache, and the perfect variety for revealing terroir here’
Andrew Jefford on the Clairette grape variety...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘1975: the wine world was about to blossom like a cherry tree’
Andrew Jefford reflects on 50 years of wine...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘We face three challenges: lack of rain, manpower and tourism’
Jefford talks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos about the struggles Santorini faces in winemaking...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Fine wines, like humans, seem to be moving into the semaglutide era, too’
Andrew Jefford on what we are looking for in a fine wine...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Listen to the best teacher in the world: nature’
Andrew Jefford talks to a fourth-generation Barolo producer with vineyards in Serralunga...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The progress Georgia has made in the last decade is astonishing’
Jefford on how Georgian wine has been gaining ground...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Has Montefalco and its secret come striding past you yet?’
Jefford on returning to Montefalco...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Along with firelight and song, wine is humanity’s oldest friend’
Andrew Jefford on the wine statistics of 2024...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘A Christmas wine should be one to spend time over’
Reflecting on the wine to linger over at Christmas...
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Readers respond to Andrew Jefford’s ‘The problem with Bordeaux…’
A selection of replies to Andrew Jefford's October cover story...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Collioure could be a little mountain Burgundy of the south’
Looking at what Collioure has to offer...
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The producers bringing change to Bordeaux
Five examples of innovation...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Are there lessons for Bordeaux in Tuscany’s free thinking?’
What Bordeaux can learn from Tuscany...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘At that moment, it sunk in. Yes, the Sherry world has changed’
Exploring changes in the world of Sherry...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Just go there. Look around. Stand in the landscape’
Exploring wine through travel...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Is this California’s Mediterranean wine lab?’
Versatility in California...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The suggestion: Different wines leave you in different altered states’
Do different wines possess different emotional watermarks...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Barcelona declared a drought emergency on 1 February’
Andrew Jefford on the impact of drought in viticulture...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Without the younger generation we’ll lose farming as it exists here’
Andrew Jefford on a new enterprise in Napa...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Serious wine glasses are intimidating: They’re a prelude to silence and endeavour’
Andrew Jefford on a lighthearted choice of wine glass...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Global warming appears to have lurched Bordeaux forward into a changed state’
The effect of reliably hot summers in Bordeaux...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Biodynamically grown, artisanally crafted – and free of chemicals, of course. Not so’
Andrew Jefford on chemicals in wine...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Places and origins build the architecture of scent, shape and flavour in a wine’
Place and origins are critical in wines...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine was so refined and choice that I swallowed, greedily’
Adventures in Canada’s Prince Edward County, Pinot and beyond...
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Revisiting Languedoc’s Château d’Aussières
Languedoc's Château d'Aussières joins La Place de Bordeaux...
