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nick rowan's book on japanese wine
Books Japan Latest 

Books: an impressive guide to Japanese Wine from Nick Rowan

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 1051 Views

Japanese Wine: History, Regions, Wineries By Nick Rowan Wine Fogg, 2025, website https://winefogg.com/ I’ve visited Japanese wine regions several times,

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Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley

September 30, 2025 jamiegoode 2654 Views

Website: https://academieduvinlibrary.com/ Not so much a book review as a shout out for three books, which are part of the

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Wine and Asian food: a masterclass with Richard Hemming of 67 Pall Mall

March 2, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2795 Views

Jamie Goode attends a seminar in Macao where Richard Hemming presents his book looking at matching wine with Asian food,

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Book review: One Thousand Vines: a new way to understand wine, by Pascaline Lepeltier

November 19, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 9868 Views

One Thousand Vines: a new way to understand winePascaline LepeltierMitchell Beazley, London, 2024 I first met Pascaline Lepeltier in 2014

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Australia Books Features 

Andrew Caillard and The Australian Ark, perhaps the best wine book ever written!

November 16, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 3021 Views

Website: https://australianark.com Andrew Caillard’s ‘The Australian Ark’ is one of the most amazing wine books ever written. I caught up

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Exploring Japanese wine (2) Kaiseki dinner at Nakanoshima Nadaman, Osako

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 3009 Views

Website: https://store.nadaman.co.jp/en/pages/restaurant_nakanoshima Nakanoshima Nadaman is a kaiseki restaurant in the Rihga Royal hotel in Osake. Here we enjoyed a top

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The New Viticulture is now out, and I think it’s my best yet, with a video explaining the contents

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 jamiegoode 13239 Views

Today I have launched my new book! I mentioned in Regenerative Viticulture that this was on the way: I said

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Book review: From Bordeaux to the Stars, by J.M. Cazes

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 jamiegoode 6383 Views

I really enjoyed reading From Bordeaux to the Stars, the English translation of Jean-Michel Cazes autobiography, initially published in 2022

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Nose dive, a field guide to the world’s smells: an important new book from Harold McGee

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Lisse Garnett 11020 Views

Most of the experience of wine comes from the sense of smell. Lisse Garnett reviews an exciting new book on

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Launching ‘Wine From Another Galaxy’, the book from the Noble Rot duo Keeling and Andrew

October 16, 2020October 21, 2020 jamiegoode 9327 Views Restaurants

Yesterday was the book launch for Wine From Another Galaxy. Mark Andrew and Dan Keeling, who launched a wine fanzine

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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 2026 jamiegoode

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About Us

Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

As an Amazon Associate this website earns from qualifying purchases (for example, the links for purchasing books). Wineanorak also earns from Google AdSense display advertising.

You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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