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Andrew Jefford: Challenging beliefs on tasting wine and terroir

Дата публикации: 14-07-2026 08:57:15


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Shocked, I sat in the front row. And smiling. Lengthy tutored tastings of this sort are often smooth with platitudes and buttered with praise. Instead, we got Pedro the Iconoclast, hacking away at the received wisdom of the wine world.

You know what? No one said anything; no one heckled; no one walked out. (The wines, it’s true, were too good to miss.) Mental note: catch up with Pedro later.

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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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