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Restaurants: Bistrot Le Nautique Narbonne, France

September 26, 2021July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5411 Views Restaurants

12 Rue des Nautiquards, 11100 Narbonne, FrancePhone: +33 4 68 91 53 73 This is a real find. It’s a

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Champagne Food and wine 

Seafood and top Champagne at Catch, Kyiv

September 6, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5131 Views

Catch has a deserved reputation as being one of Ukraine’s top restaurants. It’s also one of its most expensive. It’s

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In Kyiv, Ukraine, and a traditional lunch at Khutorets

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 jamiegoode 4528 Views Restaurants, Ukraine

Had a lovely day in Kyiv yesterday. This is my first time in Ukraine, and I’m here to present a

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Features Food and wine TOP STORIES 

The Pig, South Downs: previewing the latest addition to these wine-focused restaurants with rooms, who are championing English wine

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7296 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.thepighotel.com/our-pigs/ The Pig South Downs – the eighth Pig – opens in a week, and I attended the preview

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Muse, London – tweezer gastronomy, food as performance art

June 20, 2021 jamiegoode 5448 Views

Website: https://www.musebytomaikens.co.uk/ Daniel Primack calls me up. Let’s do dinner. Where? Muse. Sounds good, so I agree. I was in

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Food and wine 

Restaurants are back: The Remedy, London

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 jamiegoode 4160 Views Restaurants

So dining inside is back, as of last week. Although outside dining has been open for a while – coinciding

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Bala Baya, an Israeli restaurant in Southwark

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 jamiegoode 6695 Views

Website: https://balabaya.co.uk/ Bala Baya, in a small complex of restaurants under the arches in Southwark, is an Israeli restaurant, that

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capers
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Video: [food] how capers are made

December 14, 2020 jamiegoode 8365 Views

Capers are the immature flowers of Capparis spinosa, the caper bush, which have been preserved in salt. This grows all

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Food and wine 

Food and drink: The Company Shed, West Meresea

December 3, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5552 Views Restaurants

Below Colchester and above Southend, justing out into the sea just at the entry of the Blackwater, lies Meresea Island.

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Books Food and wine TOP STORIES 

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

October 16, 2020October 21, 2020 jamiegoode 8537 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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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
Features Latest New to wine New Zealand Regions 

A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 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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