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Piemonte adventure (4) in Bra, dining at Battaglino and Osteria del Boccondivino

June 15, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3702 Views Piemonte, Restaurants

The Piemonte adventure continued during a stay in Bra, with two excellent meals, plus a few other wines tasted. Barbacàn

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Features Food and wine Portugal 

The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine

February 25, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3113 Views Restaurants

Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food

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Restaurants: Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings)

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 jamiegoode 6828 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: Ouzeri, Cape Town – modern Greek at its best

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 jamiegoode 3672 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 4268 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, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6619 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 5417 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 4268 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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Restaurants: The Beacon, Tunbridge Wells

April 26, 2022May 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4368 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.the-beacon.co.uk/ Nestled into the top of the hills above Tunbridge Wells, the Beacon has an enviable location with sweeping

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Restaurants: Hide and Fox, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 jamiegoode 6533 Views Restaurants

Hythe is an underrated town. It’s on the Kent coast, and just east is Folkestone, in walking distance. But while

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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