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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 8806 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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Restaurants: Noble Rot Soho

September 17, 2020September 18, 2020 jamiegoode 8122 Views London, Restaurants

Went to the soft opening of Noble Rot Soho last night. It’s the second restaurant from the Dan Keeling/Mark Andrew

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Restaurants: Pizzaro, Bermondsey

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 jamiegoode 4344 Views

José Pizzaro has four restaurants now, two of which are on Bermondsey Street – Pizarro the restaurant, and Pizarro the

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Food and wine Spain 

Restaurants: Sabor, London

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 jamiegoode 5669 Views London, Restaurants

Back in the saddle, a post-lockdown restaurant experience. Last Tuesday I lunched at Sabor in Heddon Street, just off lower

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Food and wine Japan 

Soba noodles at Katase, Azumino-Ikeda in Japan’s Nagano region

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6655 Views Restaurants

One of the specialities of the mountainous Nagano prefecture (also known as Shinshu) is Soba noodles. These are made from

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Food and wine Georgia Travel 

In Georgia: the food

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 jamiegoode 7829 Views

One of the highlights of September’s Georgian trip, along with the wine and the qvevri of course, was the food.

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Food and wine Japan Travel 

Nagano, Japan: Nakadanaso and Gió Hills winery

March 2, 2020May 12, 2020 jamiegoode 8289 Views

Once again, I got to stay at Nakadanaso, a Riyokan in Komoro, in Japan’s Nagano prefecture. Masaki and Youko Tomioka,

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London restaurants: The Clove Club

February 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7755 Views London, Restaurants

Over the last six years, Shoreditch-based restaurant The Clove Club has become one of London’s top gastronomic destinations. Chef Isaac

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London restaurants: Elliot’s, Borough Market

February 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7020 Views London, Natural wine, Restaurants

I really like restaurants like Elliot’s. Really solid, well cooked food, made from good ingredients, together with a cracking wine

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A great meal at Mampuku, Bordeaux

February 4, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6821 Views Alsace, Bordeaux, Restaurants

Last week in Bordeaux, for one night only. Where to go? Somewhere fancy and French? No. We went to the

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Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
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The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.aldeiadecima.com/en/ Herdade Aldeia de Cima is a large 2400 hectare estate in Vidigueira in the south Alentejo. Here, Luisa

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 jamiegoode
Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca
Chile Features Latest 

Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca

December 16, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode

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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.

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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.

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