Andrew Jefford's Blog

Dissecting the Dram

Andrew — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:01:11 +0000

Friends, I know the white-bearded, chimney-loving sky-rider will have called by now, but those with Amazon vouchers looking for stimulating redemption or hard cash to burn might like to consider W

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From Abuse to Trust: Opportunities in a Time of Crisis

Andrew — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:40:17 +0000

The chance to address the AGM of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation is one which will probably only come once in a lifetime.

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Falling in Love Again

Andrew — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:46 +0000

Here is the text of the speech I delivered at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide on the evening of November 10th: a public

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Notes from the Show

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:17:59 +0000

The week before last (during which a tentative spring exploded into summer in South Australia) saw me down in Coonawarra helping , as International Judge, to scrutinise the entries for the 2009 Limest

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Calling Adelaideans

Andrew — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:02:46 +0000

A brief flier to anyone in or around Adelaide for two (free) events over the coming eight days.

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Regionality and its myths

Andrew — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:46:57 +0000

A sizeable portion of my desk time since I arrived in Australia has been spent preparing speeches, lectures and seminars on

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Andean interlude

Andrew — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:48:06 +0000

Here's a little break from matters Australian.

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Diemenology and cultureswop

Andrew — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:39:37 +0000

As mentioned in the last blog, two of my four summer Financial Times pieces have been on Australian topics, and I resume these in edited form below.

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Wines of the Place 1

Andrew — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:18:51 +0000

Apologies: this long-trailed blog entry has dragged its heels owing to pressure of work and travel (to Tasmania and WA).

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Schildknecht weighs in

Andrew — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:43:53 +0000

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Questions of Style

Andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:29:41 +0000

Another packed week, with more Barossa valley touring, a little first-class education (the chance to sit in on two of the Lan

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Roadsongs 2: New life, old plants

Andrew — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:42:50 +0000

Australian readers will be very familiar with this, but for those who may be following this blog from the northern hemisphere, and especially the more northerly parts of the northern hemisphere ...

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Limpidity

Andrew — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:54:18 +0000

Barossa notes will follow, but this is an interim note in part to thank all those who have sent samples through for me to loo

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Tasting Perfection

Andrew — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:45:34 +0000

As you can sniff from the photograph below (which shows the Greenwich riverfront near the Royal Naval College), the week of the Decanter World Wine Awards (April 20th to 24th 2009) was an unusually b

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The Amateur Emigrants

Andrew — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:45:55 +0000

Jancis Robinson recently asked me for a piece on 'the process of moving your family and your palate' to Australia, for posti

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Slurped by Cicadas

Andrew — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:58:34 +0000

Last October I visited Taiwan for the first time – in search of great oolong tea, as well as to write a piece about the isl

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Roadsongs 1

Andrew — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:15:12 +0000

The last couple of weeks have involved a tour through South Australia, from Clare to McLaren Vale, followed by a first look

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Invitation to the movies

Andrew — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:26:10 +0000

One day last summer a very nice man called Mark Ryan contacted me.

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Up on the Hills, down in the Vale

Andrew — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:09:23 +0000

I’ve been up on the Hills, and down in the Vale – Adelaide and McLaren, respectively.

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Contact problems

Andrew — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:15:23 +0000

Webmaster Mick and I have discovered that the 'Contact' facility on the site hasn't been working properly since we left the UK, so if you have tried to contact me via that page and not heard anything

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