The Noble Rot Book

Wine from Another Galaxy

By: Dan Keeling, Mark Andrew

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Hardcover | 7 October 2020

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352 Pages

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Noble Rot: AKA the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, given the right conditions, shrivels ripe white grapes on the vine, concentrating their sugars and rendering them ideal for producing the world's finest sweet wines.

Choosing wine in a restaurant or shop can seem an unfathomable business. But, according to Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew, the duo behind London's Noble Rot, it needn't be that way. In Wine from Another Galaxy they'll help you to understand how it is made, where to buy it, what to look for when you drink it, and how to talk about it. And once you've mastered the basics, they'll take you on a journey through the best of European wine culture, meeting the people and places behind their favourite bottles. Indeed, Dan and Mark have spent years visiting growers that you probably haven't heard of, from the original thinkers of the natural wine movement to the iconic estates of Burgundy and Bordeaux.

This is the alternative, accessible, no-holds-barred guide to wine, where the usual cliches and rules don't apply.

About the Authors

Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew co-founded Noble Rot magazine in 2013, and the restaurant of the same name in 2015. Dan has won three Louis Roederer Awards and a Fortnum & Mason Award for his writing about wine and food. In his previous career in music he was Managing Director of Island Records, and Head of A&R at Parlophone Records, where he signed Coldplay and Bombay Bicycle Club, among others.

Mark Andrew is a Master of Wine, and previously worked as buyer at a leading London merchant. Together, Dan and Mark also founded wine importers Keeling Andrew & Co. in 2017.

Industry Reviews

The Times Drink Book of the Year 2020
"The founders of Noble Rot restaurants and magazine prove that not all wine handbooks are full of dry tasting notes and arcane French classifications. Dan Keeling used to be in the music business and his angle is one of appreciation but not reverence. Who can resist a book Brian Eno says "brings originality, humour and now space travel to the serious business of drinking wine"? It's all in here, from advice on how to order wine in a restaurant to where to track down the best bargains."

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