
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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Jefford on Monday: Savoie – the hunt for greatness
Fascinating wines worth seeking out...
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World’s best Pinot Gris: 35 top wines
Recommendations from around the world...
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Jefford On Monday: Georgia - the tasting challenge
The latest Georgia has to offer...
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Jefford on Monday: Georgia – finding its path
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Comment: 'Era of billionaire ownership in Burgundy has begun'
Andrew Jefford considers recent ownership changes in Burgundy...
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Jefford on Monday: Schist versus Limestone
Battle of the terroirs...
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Jefford on Monday: “Wind, stone …”
Making wine in Empordà...
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Jefford on Monday: Vin Jaune and cousins
'Don't let these vintages slip by...'
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Jefford on Monday: Lifting the veil
Comparing the wines of Jura, Jerez and Tokaji...
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Jefford on Monday: Downhill all the way
Celebrating the Jacquère-based wines of Savoie...
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Comment: ‘2017 must be one of the most disaster-strewn years since phylloxera’
What horrors await for 2018?...
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Jefford: Tasting the Virtuosi
Looking at St Chinian’s statistical stars...
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Jefford on Monday: Grapevine trunk disease - the 'next phylloxera'
Is this the biggest threat to the world's vineyards?...
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Priorat in-depth and great reds to try - Andrew Jefford
How Priorat started making some of Spain's best reds...
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Jefford on Monday: Tracking terroir
Analysing links between soil and terroir...
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Jefford on Monday: Tenants and sharecroppers
Andrew Jefford looks at how it works...
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Jefford on Monday: To cru or not to cru
Diverse approaches in Priorat and Sancerre...
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Jefford on Monday: Trouble with bottles
Weighing up an alternative to glass...
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Andrew Jefford - ‘We tasted, against “control” magnums buried alongside the casks’
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Jefford on Monday: Wineism - towards a political philosophy of wine
Andrew Jefford's five rules of wineism...