
Andrew Jefford
Andrew Jefford has written for Decanter magazine since 1988. His monthly magazine column is widely followed, and he also writes occasional features and profiles both for the magazine and for Decanter.com. He has won many awards for his work, including eight Louis Roederer Awards and eight Glenfiddich Awards. He was Regional Chair for Regional France and Languedoc-Rossillon at the inaugural Decanter World Wine Awards in 2004, and has judged in every edition of the competition since, becoming a Co-Chair in 2018. After a year as a senior research fellow at Adelaide University between 2009 and 2010, Jefford moved with his family to the Languedoc, close to Pic St-Loup. He also acts as academic advisor to The Wine Scholar Guild.
Roederer awards 2016: International Wine Columnist of the Year
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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...
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Jefford: The language of wine
Andrew Jefford examines the two kinds of wine tasting....
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Corbières Reds: Panel tasting results
Corbières is the Langueodc’s sphinx: enormous, haunting and enigmatic
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Jefford: What lies ahead for wine in 2020?
What the wine world should focus on over the next decade...
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Top Pays d’Oc wines to try
Promotional feature. 25 wines to try....
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What is a 'dappled wine'? - Ask Decanter
Have you heard a wine described as 'dappled'?
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Jefford: The evolution of English wine
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Andrew Jefford's top 25 premium Argentinian Malbecs
25 wines that most impressed...
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30 Merlots from around the world
Wines to seek out and try...
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Brunello: Tuscany's treasure plus top wines worth seeking out
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Jefford: South Africa - Shocks, surprises and inspiration
Andrew Jefford reports on a season of drama....
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Jefford - Grés de Montpellier: Stones by the Sea
Andrew Jefford explores his own backyard...
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Picpoul de Pinet: Panel tasting results
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Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?
Reporting back from Georgia’s first International Saperavi Competition...
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Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus
Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’
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Jefford: Challenge Burgundy
Andrew Jefford is brought to book...
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Jefford: Waking up the new year
There are a mass of fascinating facts on wine and coffee, finds Andrew Jefford...
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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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Jefford: Are you a label drinker?
Is social media turning us all into 'label drinkers'?
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Jefford on Monday: Christmas wine
What are you drinking for Christmas..?