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Food and wine Spain 

Restaurants: Sabor, London

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 jamiegoode 6355 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 7104 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 8603 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 9054 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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Food and wine 

London restaurants: The Clove Club

February 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8820 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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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Elliot’s, Borough Market

February 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7666 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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Food and wine 

A great meal at Mampuku, Bordeaux

February 4, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7492 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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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Folie

January 25, 2020 jamiegoode 7385 Views Restaurants

Jamie Goode experiences a slice of Mayfair in Soho, at fancy new arrival Folie. I lunched at Guillaume Depoix’s relatively

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London drinking: Bedales

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 jamiegoode 7478 Views

Jamie Goode checks out Bedales, a chain of three wine bars with an eclectic selection of wines I’ve been in

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Beaujolais Food and wine 

Lunch at Le Port de By Chez Cécile, Grièges, Mâcon

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 jamiegoode 8008 Views Restaurants

Not far from Mâcon, with breathtaking view of the Saône, this is a lovely restaurant with an amazing Beaujolais-dominated wine

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 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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