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Restaurants: Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings)

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7260 Views Natural wine, Restaurants

Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings) Website: https://farmyardwine.com/ Betina Piqueras-Fiszman and Charles Spence wrote a book about the perfect meal. Their thesis

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Restaurants: Garum, London – traditional Roman cuisine and natural wine

December 1, 2022 jamiegoode 6051 Views

Website: https://garum.co.uk/ Very excited to visit Garum, a long-awaited addition to the London restaurant scene. There are lots of natural

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Flawd, Manchester – a really nice natural wine bar and bottleshop

November 14, 2022 jamiegoode 5052 Views

Website: Flawd I was in Manchester to watch a game (Manchester City v Fulham, a last minute winner for City),

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Babette’s Feast: the best ever gastronomy film?

October 16, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 14942 Views

Babette’s Feast: this 1987 Danish-language film adapted from Karen Blixen’s novel is a love story about food and drink. It

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Restaurants: Ouzeri, Cape Town – modern Greek at its best

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4066 Views Restaurants

I really enjoyed lunch at Ouzeri in Cape Town last week, with buddy Chris Groenwald and his 3 year old

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Restaurants: Bansang, San Francisco

October 13, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4773 Views Restaurants

Had a great meal last night at Bansang in San Francisco. It’s a modern Korean restaurant in a really nice

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Restaurants: Noble Rot, Lamb’s Conduit Street

August 3, 2022January 30, 2026 jamiegoode 7884 Views Restaurants

Website: Noble Rot Noble Rot needs little introduction to wine lovers. It’s one of the places you absolutely need to

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Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar, Harrods

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 5879 Views Restaurants

Website: Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar at Harrods Moët et Chandon have recently opened a new Champagne bar at Harrods,

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Restaurants: Marcella, Deptford

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 4587 Views Restaurants

Website: https://marcella.london/ This was my first time out to Deptford, but it was worth the excursion. Marcella isn’t fancy, but

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Exploring Turkey’s wines with Isa Bal MS

June 6, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 8457 Views Hittites, Turkey

Acclaimed Master Sommelier Isa Bal to turn Producer Michelin starred Trivet already has the largest selection of fine Turkish wine

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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
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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.

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