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Features Food and wine 

Yuki Bar, a beautiful natural wine bar in London

August 8, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 11624 Views Natural wine, Restaurants

Yuki Bar instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yukibar.london/?hl=en Tucked away in a surprising location in London Fields is one of London’s newest and most

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Food and wine Spain 

Restaurants: José in Bermondsey, a brilliant tapas bar from José Pizzaro

July 31, 2024August 1, 2024 jamiegoode 2916 Views navarra, sherry

Website: https://josepizarro.com/venues/jose-tapas-bar-bermondsey/ No reservations. Just rock up – early evening if you want to avoid the queues. This is a

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Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Noble Rot, Lambs Conduit Street, the best set lunch around

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 jamiegoode 4939 Views Restaurants

The set lunch at Noble Rot is one of gastronomy’s great bargains. Couple this with one of the best wine

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Canada Features Food and wine 

In Niagara (5) Judging ends and dinner at Fat Rabbit, St Catharines

June 29, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3576 Views Niagara, Restaurants

So, the final day of judging of the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWACs). It’s a bittersweet moment, because although

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Food and wine Portugal 

Restaurants: Nuno Mendes’ exceptional Cozinha das Flores in Porto

June 8, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 10333 Views Restaurants

Website: https://cozinhadasflores.com/ I went twice in two nights to Cozinha das Flores. It was that good. The first time was

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Food and wine Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear NV Spain

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 4093 Views manzanilla

Is there a better value wine than biologically aged Fino Sherry and Manzanilla? This Solear from Barbadillo is available on

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Features Food and wine 

On corkage: should restaurants let you bring your own bottles, and if so, how much should they charge?

June 1, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 14698 Views Restaurants

Restaurants hardly ever cellar wine these days (it’s far too expensive for most, although there are some noble exceptions). But

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Hunan, London

May 17, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5324 Views Restaurants

Hunan is a remarkable restaurant. It’s been a Pimlico institution since 1982, and is widely regarded to be one of

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Honey & Co Bloomsbury, London

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3742 Views Restaurants

Website: https://honeyandco.co.uk/places/honey-co/ Just opposite Noble Rot in Lambs Conduit Street, Honey & Co is a really good restaurant offering middle

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Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Arabica Borough Market, London

February 6, 2024 jamiegoode 4593 Views

Website: https://www.arabicalondon.com/borough-market/ OK, it’s not fancy. But Arabica is just the sort of place I love eating at. It’s a

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Chile Features Latest 

Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
Features France Latest 

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 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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