Liquid epics
“Subtle? Not necessarily. Deft and elegant? Hardly. Stirring and endearing? That’s more like it.”
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Andrew Jefford
One of the most distinctive voices in wine writing, Andrew Jefford is a contributing editor at The World of Fine Wine. His latest book is Drinking with the Valkyries.
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Peter Hall (1943–2025): A wine friendship
Andrew Jefford pays tribute to a visionary English winemaker.
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The thread: Qvevri in context
Andrew Jefford on the winemaking vessel that unites wine's past with its future.
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Red wine’s locus classicus
"This is a classic; it is classicism personified. In the Greek sense: It is a thing of beauty that…
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2020 Brunello di Montalcino: Mixed results
Andrew Jefford introduces our coverage of the 2020 vintage.
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Rediscovering wine from whole fruit
Andrew Jefford muses on the art of skin-contact white wine after tasting a single bottle of Georgian qvevri wine.
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2020 Barolo: The wines of a serene season
The results of a tasting of top Barolo wines from the 2020 vintage.
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2020 Barolo: More than comfortable?
The benign growing season conditions have yielded accessible, affable, aromatically delightful wines. But how well will they age?
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From the vaults: Chalk downland details
A vintage piece by Andrew Jefford on an emerging star of English sparkling wine.
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