Jefford on Monday
![Shedding light on air](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-premox-burgundy-detail.jpg)
Shedding light on air
[Andrew Jefford] Screwcaps are a wonderful closure for any wine where primary, pristine fruit is a desideratum; but primary, pristine fruit isn’t what those who buy and store great European wines in order to drink them at maturity actually want.
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Measuring up
[Andrew Jefford] The Niagara Peninsula in Canada’s Ontario was sub-divided into 10 different sub-appellations, which is pretty picky for a young wine-growing location. Justified or not?
![A tale from the backwoods](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-boxes-awaiting-their-hour.jpg)
A tale from the backwoods
[Andrew Jefford] Each claret box is, in effect, an individual, portable cellar: sturdy, dark yet airy.
![The fallible treasure](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-wet-feet-in-pomerol.jpg)
The fallible treasure
[Andrew Jefford] We take the notion of ‘the vintage’ so much for granted in the wine world that it’s difficult for us to gauge just how extraordinary a phenomenon, and how divisive, it is.
![Ice station Niagara](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-icewine-slide.jpg)
Ice station Niagara
[Andrew Jefford] ‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years, and we’ve never had an icewine vintage to match 2013...'
![The beautiful bond](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-acidity-slide.jpg)
The beautiful bond
[Andrew Jefford] The two most important aspects of a wine’s acidity, it seems to me, are the manner in which that acidity is bonded and integrated into the fruit presence of a wine; and how ‘ripe’ the acidity itself seems to taste.
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Giffen, Veblen – and wine
[Andrew Jefford] what do economic theories tell us about the nature of fine wine as a ‘good’?
![The oldest wine story of all](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-sanded-case.jpg)
The oldest wine story of all
[Andrew Jefford] Why was the trial of wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan so compelling?
![The glorious cascade](/assets/images/article/full/remote_columnists-andrew-jefford-cascade-steve-lubiana-vineyards-derwent-valley.jpg)
The glorious cascade
[Andrew Jefford] Is Pinot Noir now Australia’s most successful variety? The question can be asked in all seriousness at the beginning of 2014.
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Drinker’s delight
[Andrew Jefford] The smell and taste of wine is, after all, magnetic north for all of us; everything else is just the scenery along the way.