Andrew Jefford

Andrew Jefford (born 1956) is an English journalist, poet, and writer, the author of various books and columns on wine, whisky, travel and perfume.

[1][2] At UEA he obtained an MA in the 19th and 20th Century novel (awarded With Distinction), then worked for two years on a PhD thesis on the short fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson, which was not completed.

Jefford is also contributing editor to the quarterly magazine The World of Fine Wine for which he writes the One Bottle column and regularly takes part in tastings.

[citation needed] Among his books are The New France (2002), Peat Smoke and Spirit (2004, republished as Whisky Island in 2019), Andrew Jefford's Wine Course (2008, revised edition published 2016) and Drinking With The Valkyries (2022).

[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) Jefford has lived with his family, Paula, John and Joe, near Montpellier, France, since 2010, after 15 months spent in Adelaide, South Australia, where he was Wine Writer in Residence to the Wine 2030 Research Network and a Senior Research Fellow at Adelaide University.