Jefford: South Africa - Shocks, surprises and inspiration
Andrew Jefford reports on a season of drama....
Andrew Jefford
Award-winning wine writer Andrew Jefford’s Monday column on Decanter.com
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Vineyards at Clos de l'Amandaie Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford - Grés de Montpellier: Stones by the Sea
Andrew Jefford explores his own backyard...
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Wine cellar in Georgia with traditional kvevri in front Credit: Kairi Aun / Alamy Stock Photo Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?
Reporting back from Georgia’s first International Saperavi Competition...
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Domaine de l’Hortus Credit: Andrew Jefford Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus
Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’
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Credit: Anna Ivanova / Alamy Stock Photo Jefford: Challenge Burgundy
Andrew Jefford is brought to book...
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What do wine and coffee have in common? Credit: Nathan Dumlao / Unsplash Jefford: Waking up the new year
There are a mass of fascinating facts on wine and coffee, finds Andrew Jefford...
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Wines to go with key 'themes' of 2018 Credit: JManuel Murillo / Alamy Stock Photo Jefford on Monday: The Past, The Future, Four Themes, Four Wines
Andrew Jefford looks back on the old year and forward to the new...
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Are we turning into 'label drinkers'? Credit: Cath Lowe/ Decanter Jefford: Are you a label drinker?
Is social media turning us all into 'label drinkers'?
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What are you drinking this Christmas? Credit: Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Jefford on Monday: Christmas wine
What are you drinking for Christmas..?
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A worker during the 2016 Touriga Nacional harvest at the Quinta do Noval winery. Credit: David Silverman/Getty Images Jefford on Monday: Drinking with the Valkyries - young vintage Port
Why vintage Port should (also) be sampled in its youth...
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Le Chiuse in the Montosoli sector of North Montalcino. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Brunello’s breakthrough
Andrew Jefford gauges the challenges facing Montalcino...
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The vineyards at Simpsons Wine Estate, in Kent. Credit: Ellie Douglas/ Decanter Jefford on Monday: English wine - Look east
Looking at the insights of a new climate study for future UK plantings...
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The vineyards at Stratus Credit: www.stratuswines.com Jefford on Monday: Ontario’s wild ride
Andrew Jefford returns to the Niagara Escarpment...
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Overflowing river in Lagrasse, in the Aude area of Languedoc-Roussillon in October 2018. Credit: Idriss Bigou-Gilles / Xinhua / Alamy Jefford on Monday: Languedoc-Roussillon’s eventful year
It's been a challenging 2018 but there is still untapped potential here...
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Echézeaux grand cru vineyards. Credit: age fotostock / Alamy Jefford on Monday: The Echézeaux enigma
A profile of this 'puzzling grand cru'...
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Château Margaux in the mist. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Bordeaux notebook
Our columnist reports on recent trip to Bordeaux...
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A view of Keuka Lake and vineyards from Dr Konstantin Frank. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Exploring the Finger Lakes
And wines to look out for...
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The Château Pavie barrel room. Credit: Decanter Jefford on Monday: Blue moon on the Right Bank
From Petrus to Pavie: re-tasting Right Bank wines from 1998...
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A bartender opens a bottle of wine at a cannabis food event in Tacoma, Washington. Credit: JASON REDMOND/AFP/Getty Images Andrew Jefford: 'Cannabis is coming and wine producers know it'
A trend that drinks companies cannot ignore?...
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Château Margaux Jefford on Monday: Blue moon on the left bank
Andrew Jefford tucks into the tasting of a lifetime....
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Julien (left) and Jacques Montagné with Justin Howard-Sneyd (centre). Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Roussillon’s Three Js
And 'the greatest Carignan wine I have ever tasted'...
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Terra Remota vineyards in Empordà. The wines cannot be labelled Empordà DO because the estate uses grape varieties outside of the DO rules. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Wanderers in search of a path
Remember the names, says Andrew Jefford...
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How far will UK go on trade barriers after Brexit? Credit: incamerastock / Alamy Jefford on Monday: PDOs and the Brexit crisis
Analysing the UK stance on protected wine names...
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Decanter Volcanic Wines of Italy tasting 2013 Credit: Decanter Andrew Jefford: Understanding tension in wine
What does it mean if a wine has tension?...
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No easy task: Barrel making at the Cadus cooperage in Ladoix-Serrigny. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The cooper’s tale
Not a job for the faint-hearted...
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A map of commercial shipping routes constructed by University College London's Energy Institute in 2016. Credit: UCL Energy Institute / Shipmap.org Andrew Jefford: Wine and the world
Why wine is not simply a prop for escapism...
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Horizontal wine tasting is the 'underdog', says Andrew Jefford. Credit: Patrick Grabham / Decanter Andrew Jefford: Horizontal and vertical
Sticking up for the underdog...
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Image credit: Stian Rønningen / Alamy. Comment: Chile could have the 'world at its feet'
Reflecting on this year's Decanter World Wine Awards...
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Off limits? Andrew Jefford considers the implications of soaring prices for top wines in recent decades. Credit: I. Glory / Alamy Andrew Jefford: Wine and money
Is money wine's biggest 'contaminant'?...
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Mists clear over vineyards near to Siena in Tuscany. Credit: Image Source / Alamy Andrew Jefford: The search for purity in wine
The first of four 'August essays'...
