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Restaurants

Food and wine Japan 

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

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6851 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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Food and wine 

London restaurants: The Clove Club

February 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8240 Views London, Restaurants

Over the last six years, Shoreditch-based restaurant The Clove Club has become one of London’s top gastronomic destinations. Chef Isaac

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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Elliot’s, Borough Market

February 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7256 Views London, Natural wine, Restaurants

I really like restaurants like Elliot’s. Really solid, well cooked food, made from good ingredients, together with a cracking wine

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Food and wine 

A great meal at Mampuku, Bordeaux

February 4, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7056 Views Alsace, Bordeaux, Restaurants

Last week in Bordeaux, for one night only. Where to go? Somewhere fancy and French? No. We went to the

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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Folie

January 25, 2020 jamiegoode 6956 Views Restaurants

Jamie Goode experiences a slice of Mayfair in Soho, at fancy new arrival Folie. I lunched at Guillaume Depoix’s relatively

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Beaujolais Food and wine 

Lunch at Le Port de By Chez Cécile, Grièges, Mâcon

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 jamiegoode 7642 Views Restaurants

Not far from Mâcon, with breathtaking view of the Saône, this is a lovely restaurant with an amazing Beaujolais-dominated wine

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Food and wine Greece Latest 

Lunch at Suzi Tros: superb Greek food with some nice Greek wines to match

December 19, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 6410 Views Restaurants

Suzi Tros is the more informal sibling of Mazi, located next door in Notting Hill, but there’s nothing stripped back

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Champagne Food and wine 

Lunch at Le Bellevue, in the Royal Champagne Hotel, Epernay

December 17, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 8094 Views Restaurants

Epernay’s Royal Champagne is a beautiful new luxury hotel in the heart of the Champagne region. It also has two

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Food and wine 

An epic lunch at The Harrow at Little Bedwyn

December 12, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 6111 Views Restaurants

I’d heard a lot about the annual trade and press lunch at Roger and Sue Jones’ The Harrow, a high-end

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Food and wine Latest TOP STORIES 

Trivet: top new London restaurant reviewed

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 jamiegoode 7893 Views London, Restaurants

Fat Duck emigrants Isa Bal and Jonny Lake have created something exceptional in Bermondsey, with a unique chronological wine list

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Features

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
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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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