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Andrew Jefford: ‘Dirk’s an imaginer, an experimenter, a disruptor’
In tribute to Dirk Niepoort...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Is there any duty on fine-wine producers to “be accessible” in some way?’
Does exclusivity mean exclusion?
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Tight, taut severity won’t please the drinker if its grip on the wine never eases’
Andrew Jefford on whether to use ‘malo’ in increasingly hot vintages...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘What can you do? You just keep moving forward’
Andrew Jefford on the sheer commitment required to be a producer of quality wine in Syria...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Corsica is a new exploration of Mediterranean wine identity’
Andrew Jefford on innovation in Corsica...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Wine’s gladiators are then thrown to wine’s lions…’
The pressure of the Best Sommelier of the World competition...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Yeast: it’s an upheaval, a revolution’
The unsung but indispensable role of yeast...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The situation holds Georgian wine developments in check’
Andrew Jefford on the future for Georgia and its many characterful wine styles...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘I disregard yield information – trust what you taste instead’
Andrew Jefford on how yields can be misleading...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘We aren’t rebels or dissidents – we just care about the truth’
Andrew Jefford on the use of appellations...
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Robert Parker’s 100-point wines: Then and now
During the 2020 Hall of Fame Interview, Andrew Jefford asked Robert Parker to review a selection of his most memorable 100-point wines from a 2020 perspective. These are the wines he chose...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Drinking cheap wine need not be a cheap experience’
Andrew Jefford on the merits of cheaper bottles...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Come on in, the flames said. Taste wine; avoid hypothermia’
Andrew Jefford on the pleasures of Niagara Chardonnay...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’
Andrew Jefford on the subjectivity of tasting...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘I urge every reader to enjoy wine thoughtfully’
Andrew Jefford on enjoying wine in context...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’
Andrew Jefford on the language of rosé...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’
Andrew Jefford on why tales of terroir can be misleading...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’
Andrew Jefford reflects on recent events worldwide...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Pinotism is a cult within the wine world. Why?’
Andrew Jefford on the stature of Pinot...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Macron’s own love of wine seems genuinely sincere’
Andrew Jefford on the president's appreciation...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine world has some dangerously alluring myths’
Andrew Jefford on four wine world myths and why they don't hold...
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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...
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Jefford on Monday: The varietal giant
A focus on Pays d'Oc wines...
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Jefford on Monday: Northern Lights
Our columnist goes cruising in Crozes...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’
Andrew Jefford explores how markets define the scope of growers creative efforts by what they reward or sanction and how, when markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there's little the grower can do but conform.
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Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’
Andrew Jefford looks back at a year tainted by awful weather, causing havoc for winemakers cross the world, with none suffering more horribly than the growers of Germany's Ahr Valley.
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Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’
Might our palate be conditioned by visual cues and cultural constructs? Andrew Jefford argues that tasting is a synesthetic experience greatly affected by assumptions and expectations - which even the shape of a bottle can alter.
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Stories should cling to wine like mussels to rope’
Is the way wine brands communicate too stiff and dull? Often, but with notable exceptions. Andrew Jefford argues wine should lower its brow and embrace a natural affinity with people, places and stories.
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Jefford: Soil signatures may provide wine’s most haunting music
From root to glass, soil signatures' subtle music is worth listening to...
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DWWA 2021: Here’s to our biggest year yet
A record year for entries threw up some surprising results...
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Appellations: Time for change?
Andrew Jefford makes a case for modifying appellation legislation...
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Terre del Barolo: Don’t underestimate cooperatives
Andrew Jefford shines a light on Terre del Barolo, an important cooperative with a new venture...
