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Food and wine Japan 

Soba noodles at Katase, Azumino-Ikeda in Japan’s Nagano region

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6236 Views Restaurants

One of the specialities of the mountainous Nagano prefecture (also known as Shinshu) is Soba noodles. These are made from

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Highlights Japan 

Highlight: Domaine Hase Pino Fin Blanc 2018, Nagano, Japan

March 3, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5676 Views Natural wine

This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this

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Food and wine Japan Travel 

Nagano, Japan: Nakadanaso and Gió Hills winery

March 2, 2020May 12, 2020 jamiegoode 7458 Views

Once again, I got to stay at Nakadanaso, a Riyokan in Komoro, in Japan’s Nagano prefecture. Masaki and Youko Tomioka,

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Japan Videos 

Video: grape processing at Château Mercian in Japan

February 5, 2020 jamiegoode 5492 Views Winemaking

Here’s s short film of some grapes being processed at the main winery of Château Mercian in Japan.

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Visiting Château Mercian, one of Japan’s leading producers

January 12, 2020 jamiegoode 10521 Views

Jamie Goode travels to the Nagano and Yamanashi wine regions of Japan to see the work that one of the

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Japan Videos 

Video: in the vineyards of Château Mercian, Japan

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4296 Views Viticulture

These two short films are shot in the vineyards of Château Mercian, one of Japan’s leading wineries. The first is

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Hungary’s red grape varieties: a masterclass in Budapest
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Hungary’s red grape varieties: a masterclass in Budapest

September 11, 2025 jamiegoode

This masterclass looked at Hungary’s red grape varieties, and was presented by two of Hungary’s leading winegrowers. First, Andrea Gere

Wines from Emmanuel Giboulot, Bourgogne, tasted at Dynamic Vines
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Wines from Emmanuel Giboulot, Bourgogne, tasted at Dynamic Vines

September 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Greek wines from female winemakers at Maltby and Greek
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Greek wines from female winemakers at Maltby and Greek

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Nice wines at the 67 Sessions: Le Moine, Brocard, Scala Dei, San Leonardo
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Nice wines at the 67 Sessions: Le Moine, Brocard, Scala Dei, San Leonardo

September 5, 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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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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