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

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 2603 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 5864 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 3626 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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Grace Wine, tasting some of the top wines of Yamanashi, Japan, with winemaker Ayana Misawa

December 21, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7732 Views

Website: https://www.grace-wine.com/en/ Grace is one of the leading wineries in the Yamanashi region of Japan. They have two wineries and

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In Nagano, Japan: Le Milieu Winery

July 18, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4192 Views Nagano

Go Shioze and Sho Saito are the people behind Le Milieu winery in Nagano. Go had worked at Swiss Mura

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Visiting Swiss-Mura winery in Azumino, Nagano, Japan

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4579 Views

I visited this interesting project with Chiharu Uchikata (below), who explained the history of the company. It was initially established

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Visiting Vin d’Omachi Ferme 36, a naturally inclined producer in Nagano, Japan

May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4418 Views Nagano

Yoshio Yano and his family run Vin d’Omachi Ferme 36 which is based in Omachi town. It’s a really dramatic

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Gunma Craft Sake: tasting a range of sakes from six breweries from the Gunma prefecture

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 jamiegoode 5803 Views sake

Gunma is a land-locked prefecture located almost at the centre of the country. It has a reputation for its natural

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New releases from Château Mercian, Japan

January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4577 Views

I tasted these new releases from important Japanese producer Mercian on a zoom call with their team. As well as

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From Champagne to sake, Richard Geoffroy starts a new chapter with IWA sake

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 jamiegoode 11384 Views sake

Website: https://iwa-sake.jp/ Richard Geoffroy was for a long time the face of Dom Pérignon. But after being associated with this

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Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
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Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://domainedemontbenay.com/ Domaine de Montbenay is run by Paul de Watteville (pictured above), who took over from his father Maurice

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Cave Biber, making lovely wines from Switzerland’s Valais

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland
Features Latest Switzerland 

Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode
The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria
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The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria

January 10, 2026January 10, 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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