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Food and wine New York State 

Restaurants: Dinosaur Syracuse, New York State

June 24, 2023July 21, 2025 jamiegoode 3432 Views Restaurants

American BBQ isn’t something that’s really translated to the UK, but it’s a big thing stateside, especially down south. I

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Features Food and wine Italy 

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

June 15, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4284 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, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 3526 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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Food and wine Latest TOP STORIES 

Restaurants: Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings)

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7395 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 4263 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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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Bansang, San Francisco

October 13, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4978 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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Food and wine TOP STORIES 

Restaurants: Noble Rot, Lamb’s Conduit Street

August 3, 2022January 30, 2026 jamiegoode 8209 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 6006 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 4726 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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Food and wine 

Restaurants: The Beacon, Tunbridge Wells

April 26, 2022May 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4796 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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New releases from Stellenbosch star Meerlust
Features Latest South Africa 

New releases from Stellenbosch star Meerlust

March 23, 2026 jamiegoode

I’ve written up the wines of Meerlust quite extensively here in the past, and most recently from a visit to

The remarkable wines of Anne-Claire Schott, Three Lakes, Switzerland
Features Latest Profiles Switzerland 

The remarkable wines of Anne-Claire Schott, Three Lakes, Switzerland

March 22, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
England Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer

March 20, 2026March 21, 2026 jamiegoode
fryers cove bamboes bay
Features Latest South Africa 

Fryer’s Cove: precise wines from the cool west coast of South Africa

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode

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About Us

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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