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Andrew Jefford

Cork,screwcap, heavy bottles, natural wines, typicity, scores: wine opinions vary. Ye t there’s one issue we all agree on: in wine, you never stop learning. I first contributed to Decanter back in November 1988; the hundreds of columns and articles I’ve written since constitute a journey of discovery. I squirm, though, if I’m described as a ‘wine expert’. Whatever wine knowledge we acquire quickly cools, congeals and crusts over, like custard or gravy, as the years pass. The wine world expands at a clip. Every vintage rewrites history.

It’s the chance to share discoveries – not just about wines, butor ‘Jefford on Monday’ on though all have been revised) in September: the book is called

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