Andrew Jefford
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
- Dr Jekyll and Professor Nabokov: Reading a Reading, in Robert Louis Stevenson (critical essays), ed. Andrew Noble (1983)
- Port, An Essential Guide to the Classic Drink (Exeter Books and Merehurst, 1988)
- Which? Wine Guide 1991 (Consumers' Association, 1990)
- The Magic of Champagne (St Martin's Press, 1991) ISBN 0-312-09865-0
- The Wines of Germany (Mitchell Beazley, 1994)
- The Evening Standard Wine Guide 1996 (Pavilion, 1995)
- The Evening Standard Wine Guide 1997 (Evening Standard Books, 1996)
- Smokes (Evening Standard Books, 1997)
- One Hundred and One Things You Need to Know About Wine (Simon & Schuster UK, 1998) ISBN 0-7432-0509-X
- Wine Tastes Wine Styles (Ryland Peters & Small, 2000) ISBN 1-84172-050-X
- The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine (2002) ISBN 1-84000-410-X
- After-Dinner Drinks: Discovering, Exploring, Enjoying (Ryland Peters & Small, 2003) ISBN 1-84172-508-0
- Choosing Wine (Ryland Peters & Small, 2003) ISBN 1-84172-510-2
- Peat Smoke and Spirit: A Portrait of Islay and its Whiskies (Headline Books, 2005) ISBN 0-7472-4578-9
- Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course (Ryland, Peters & Small, 2008) ISBN 978-1-84597-723-8
Awards and honours
- Bunch Award for Wine Journalism 1994
- Glenfiddich Award 1995 Drink Writer of the Year
- Glenfiddich Award 1995 Whisky Writer of the Year
- Wine Guild of Great Britain 1995 (Premier Award)
- British Guild of Beer Writers 1995 Beer Writer of the Year
- Sony Bronze Award 1996 (for BBC Liquid Companion)
- Glenfiddich Award 1997 Wine Writer of the Year
- Lanson Award 1999 (Broadcast Media, for BBC Food Programme)
- British Guild of Beer Writers 1999 Beer Writer of the Year
- Glenfiddich Award 2000 Drink Writer of the Year
- Lanson Award 2000 (Broadcast Media, for BBC Food Programme and Nature's Alchemists)
- International Wine and Spirit Competition 2001 Communicator of the Year
- Glenfiddich Award 2001 Radio Broadcast of the Year (for BBC Food Programme on cork)
- Glenfiddich Award 2002 Wine Writer of the Year
- Lanson Award 2002 (Broadcast Media, for BBC Liquid Companion)
- Lanson Award 2003 (Wine Book of the Year, for The New France)
- APA Magazine Awards 2003 (Journalist of the Year)
- Glenfiddich Award 2003 Drink Writer of the Year
- Glenfiddich Award 2003 Wine Writer of the Year
- Glenfiddich Award 2003 Glenfiddich Trophy
- Veuve Clicquot USA Award 2003 (Wine Book of the Year, for The New France)
- André Simon Award 2003 (for The New France)
- Symington Family Port Award 2003
- World Food Media Award 2005 (Best Drink Journalist)
- Louis Roederer Champagne International Wine Writer of the Year 2006
- ATOP Travel Writer of the Year 2006
- Louis Roederer Champagne International Wine Writer of the Year 2007
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 andrewjefford.com Andrew Jefford CV
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 BBC Radio 4 Andrew Jefford biography (accessed 23 October 2007)
- ↑ winepros.com.au Andrew Jefford profile Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The World of Fine Wine, finewinemag.com About Us
- ↑ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com Wine Books: Andrew Jefford