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Highlights: Niki Hills Winery Hatsuyuki Kerner 2022 Hokkaido, Japan

December 6, 2024December 10, 2024 jamiegoode 1051 Views

Hokkaido is a very interesting wine region in Japan, with a particular emphasis on low-intervention wines, and as well as

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Exploring Japanese wine (8) visiting Katashimo Winery, Osaka

February 4, 2024 jamiegoode 3001 Views

Website: www.kashiwara-wine.com    This is an interesting winery in Kashiwara City in western Osaka, led by the dynamic Toshihiro Takai.

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Exploring Japanese Wine (7) visiting Kawachi Wine Company, Osaka

January 26, 2024 jamiegoode 3883 Views

Kawachi Wine Company is based in Habikino City, on the border of Osaka and Nara prefectures. The vineyard grows grapes

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Exploring Japanese wine (6) visiting Tamba Wine in Kyoto

January 4, 2024 jamiegoode 4189 Views

Website: https://www.tambawine.co.jp/ Tamba Wine is a vineyard and winery based in the middle of the Kyoto prefecture in Japan, some

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Exploring Japanese wine (5) a wine-pairing lunch at Chi-Fu, Osaka

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 jamiegoode 5436 Views

Website: https://chi-fu.jp/ This was a remarkable gastronomic experience. Chi-Fu is a Japanese-influenced Chinese restaurant in Osaka serving an amazing multicourse

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Exploring Japanese wine (4) a dinner with amazing wines at Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 jamiegoode 4374 Views

Website: www.papilles.net This was a beautiful evening at Fujimaru Winery, which is a restaurant and urban winery in Osaka. This

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Exploring Japanese wine (3) Dinner at Wassy’s Dining Souple, Osaka

December 8, 2023 jamiegoode 4503 Views

Website: https://wassys.co.jp/souple/ Wassy’s is a chain of wine shops in Osaka, carrying an amazing selection of international and Japanese wines,

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Exploring Japanese wine (2) Kaiseki dinner at Nakanoshima Nadaman, Osako

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 1743 Views

Website: https://store.nadaman.co.jp/en/pages/restaurant_nakanoshima Nakanoshima Nadaman is a kaiseki restaurant in the Rihga Royal hotel in Osake. Here we enjoyed a top

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Exploring Japanese wine (1) wine dinner at Pasania, Osaka

December 5, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 4813 Views

Website: https://pasania.osaka/ I’ve recently been in Japan for the Japanese Wine Expo held in Osaka. This event brought together 800

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An evening of sake from Niigata Prefecture, Japan

January 18, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 2987 Views sake

This week saw the beginning of the Niigata Fair 2023, and Yokucha, the retro ramen bar at the Japan Centre

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Isole e Olena and Cepparello: new releases from this important Chianti Classico estate
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Isole e Olena and Cepparello: new releases from this important Chianti Classico estate

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in 1956, just as sharecropping was ending, the De Marchi family of Piedmont bought two estates in San Donato,

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

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A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

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The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais

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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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