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Jefford on Monday: Languedoc-Roussillon’s eventful year
Andrew Jefford wades through the autumn deluges.Overflowing river in Lagrasse, in the Aude area of Languedoc-Roussillon in October 2018. It was a sobering sight: flooded vineyards. Only fence posts...
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Jefford on Monday: Ontario’s wild ride
Andrew Jefford returns to the Niagara Escarpment...The vineyards at StratusJefford on Monday: Ontario’s wild ride Human beings love to simplify. All simplifications, though, are fallible; they...
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Jefford on Monday: English wine - Look east
Andrew Jefford hails the insights of a new climate study for future UK plantings...The vineyards at Simpsons Wine Estate, in Kent. A flourishing English sparkling wine scene is one of the few pieces of...
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Jefford on Monday: Brunello’s breakthrough
Andrew Jefford gauges the challenges facing Montalcino...Le Chiuse in the Montosoli sector of North Montalcino.Jefford on Monday: Brunello’s breakthrough ‘We were living in misery; now we are lords.’...
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Jefford on Monday: Drinking with the Valkyries - young vintage Port
Andrew Jefford says that vintage Port should (also) be sampled in its youth...A worker during the 2016 Touriga Nacional harvest at the Quinta do Noval winery.Time for a treat. A rare treat. One...
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Jefford on Monday: Christmas wine
It’s not what you drink that matters, says Andrew Jefford, but the meaning of what you drink...What are you drinking this Christmas?What are you drinking for Christmas? As well-organized wine lovers,...
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Jefford: Are you a label drinker?
Is social media turning us all into 'label drinkers'?Are we turning into 'label drinkers'?Hands up, label drinkers… I don’t see many hands. Decanter readers, of course, know better than that. We’re...
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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...Wines to go with key 'themes' of 2018It’s been a turbulent year. Indeed I can’t recall any year where seemingly distant political...
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Jefford: Waking up the new year
Andrew Jefford is impressed by the mass of fascinating facts in a new book comparing wine and coffee...What do wine and coffee have in common?January, a month of chilly austerity and the struggle for...
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Jefford: Challenge Burgundy
Andrew Jefford is brought to book... Back in January 2018, I wrote a Decanter magazine column about my personal lack of success in Burgundy purchasing. See also: Burgundy 2017 en primeur The post...
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Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus
Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’...Domaine de l’HortusThere’s no reason why a beautifully sited vineyard should produce outstanding wine. Vines are eyeless, as...
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Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?
Wine cellar in Georgia with traditional kvevri in front The antiquity of its wine culture, the genetic diversity of its indigenous varieties and the uniqueness of its native wine-making techniques:...
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Picpoul de Pinet: Panel tasting results
57 wines tasted, 2 wines Outstanding The tasters: Andrew Jefford, Justin Howard-Sneyd MW, Marcel Orford-Williams Scroll down to see the scores and tasting notes The top scorers in the tasting: See all...
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Jefford - Grés de Montpellier: Stones by the Sea
Vineyards at Clos de l'AmandaieWhat’s in an accent? Quite a lot, as I discovered to my shame recently. The chance came to look closely at the wines of my local wine appellation, Grés de Montpellier....
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Jefford: South Africa - Shocks, surprises and inspiration
Vineyards in Helderberg,I returned to the windy, peak-scattered, crystal-lit Cape for the first time in almost five years in late February. Harvest was in full swing for some, and had finished for...
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Brunello: Tuscany's treasure plus top wines worth seeking out
The November light was draining from the sky when I arrived at Sesti. By the time we sat down to taste, the stars were beginning to glitter in the chill night sky, just as they do (in graphical form)...
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30 Merlots from around the world
We asked our experts from around the world to nominate the great-value Merlots that have impressed them most recently. Andrew Jefford then compared them all in a blind tasting to come up with his...
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Andrew Jefford's top 25 premium Argentinian Malbecs
Today’s southern hemisphere is full of exciting combinations of variety and location for the wine lover to enjoy. See Andrew Jefford’s top 25 premium Argentinian Malbecs You may also like Malbec across...
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Jefford: The evolution of English wine
Denbies wine estateThirty years ago, I began a series of 12 monthly articles tracking the undulating fortunes of a single English vineyard, Breaky Bottom in the Sussex Downs, over a single year between...
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What is a 'dappled wine'? - Ask Decanter
Peter Clayton, by email, asks: In his column in your August issue, Andrew Jefford describes the Paul Blanck, F Pinot Noir as, ‘resonant, dappled, energetic and fresh’. ‘Dappled’ seems a curious word...
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