
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: Wineism - towards a political philosophy of wine
Andrew Jefford's five rules of wineism...
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Jefford on Monday: Lessons from the laureate
From novel writing to winemaking...
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Jefford on Monday: Sancerre and friends
Touring Central Loire with Andrew Jefford...
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Jefford on Monday: Montsant - silence and beyond
Quietly building towards something special...
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Jefford on Monday: Alcohol labelling - taste first, then look
Why wine tasters are getting it wrong too often...
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Andrew Jefford - ‘The wines didn’t open the door to the magical kingdom of Burgundy bliss’
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Jefford on Monday: La Livinière and the lion race
One to watch, says Andrew Jefford...
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Jefford on Monday: The white question
Is Priorat on the verge of change?...
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What's changing in Cava
With its distinct sense of terroir, Cava made from Catalonia’s indigenous grape varieties is something we should all be drinking now, says Andrew Jefford
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Jefford on Monday: The good and the right
Andrew Jefford explores personal taste...
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Jefford on Monday: Talent under the cosh
Career-threatening hailstorms and identity in Beaujolais...
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Jefford on Monday: The Georgia Connection
Andrew Jefford interviews a professor of ancient wine...
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Andrew Jefford - ‘The greatest wines often have a lovely unloveliness at their heart’
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Andrew Jefford - ‘Wine is hard to unearth in France’s present-day cultural identity’
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Jefford on Monday: Barbaresco - myth and reality
Andrew Jefford on the Barolo Barbaresco divide...
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Jefford on Monday: The Tuscan Original
Wine is full of colossal pretensions, but not here...
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Jefford on Monday: Languedoc's cool kid
Andrew Jefford explores Pic St Loup...
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Jefford on Monday: Slovenia’s dream white
Andrew Jefford tastes Rebula...
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Jefford on Monday: The advent of AdVini
The rise of France's fourth largest wine company...
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Jefford on Monday: Forward in doubt
Andrew Jefford interviews Gaia Gaja...