Andrew Jefford

Andrew Jefford taking notes while reviewing a vineyard location in Tasmania.

Andrew Jefford (born 1956) is an English journalist, radio presenter, poet, magazine editor, and as a wine writer, the author of various books and columns.

Education

The son of a Church of England clergyman and the eldest of three brothers, Jefford grew up in Norfolk, England.[1] He was educated at Gresham's School, the University of Reading (where he read English) and the University of East Anglia, where his post-graduate studies were jointly supervised by the late Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Guido Almansi.[1][2] At UEA he worked for two years on a PhD thesis on the short fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson, which was not completed.[1]

Career

He began work as an editor with Paul Hamlyn's Octopus Group,[2] and his passions for wine and writing led to articles and books on wine, after four years in publishing in 1988.[3] He was the drinks writer for The Evening Standard, the evening newspaper for the London region,[2] between 1992 and 2002, occasionally presents The Food Programme on BBC Radio 4,[2] and writes a bi-monthly column for Decanter. Jefford is also contributing editor to the magazine The World of Fine Wine.[4]

Among his books are The New France (2002), about which Jefford has stated, "..[my theme is] the championing of individuals rather than multi-nationals, of families rather than corporate shareholders, of agriculture rather than industry, of authenticity of origin rather than marketing stratagems".[5]

On television, he has worked as a chef's assistant and has reported on whisky for Food File (Channel 4, 1996) and SCAM (Carlton Television, 2003)

He has won eight Glenfiddich Awards,[2] has twice been named British Beer Writer of the Year, and was named Communicator of the Year in the 2001 International Wine and Spirit Competition.[1]

Jefford lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[2] He is also a published poet, with work featured in The Spectator and The Independent.

Bibliography

Awards and honours

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 andrewjefford.com Andrew Jefford CV
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 BBC Radio 4 Andrew Jefford biography (accessed 23 October 2007)
  3. ↑ winepros.com.au Andrew Jefford profile Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The World of Fine Wine, finewinemag.com About Us
  5. ↑ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com Wine Books: Andrew Jefford
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