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Issue 40 is here
Awkward barrel samples. Weary vignerons. Fully booked hotels. Missed tables. The wine traveller’s path is rarely lined with sunshine and perfectly chilled glasses. Which is why Issue 40 of Noble Rot is all about good timing — giving yourself a fighting chance.
Levi Dalton’s Wine Traveller’s Guide to Getting It Right explains when not to visit wine regions, how to avoid rookie mistakes in Burgundy, and why Santorini’s grape harvest and Piemonte’s porcini season demand careful planning. Top winemakers, restaurateurs, and critics share their favourite local spots along the way.
Elsewhere, Simon J Woolf offers survival tips for dreadful long-haul wines, and Alice Feiring confesses the lengths she’ll go for a decent glass in a cursed wine list.
On the music front, it was a particular delight to welcome Jarvis Cocker for an extended-lunch interview, amid rumours he had no intention of drinking — thankfully, that didn’t last long.
Elsewhere in Issue 40’s celebration of everyday miracles:
• Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession, writes about the cheese sandwich he considers his Greatest Meal.
• Marina O’Loughlin meets the chefs behind Fallow
• Dan Keeling attends a tasting of Burgundy’s Clos de Tart spanning 136 years, and reviews what may be the greatest-value red appellation in the world: Langhe Nebbiolo.
• Diana Henry dishes the dirt on choosing the right restaurant for famous guests, drawing on her former life as a TV researcher.
• Brian McGinn, co-creator of Chef’s Table, explains why it’s extremely unlikely he’ll ever commission a wine version, among much more. Plus stories and recipes celebrating Autogrill, breakfast drinking, choucroute garnie à l’alsacienne, and how authentic Indian food is finally having its moment in New York City — among much more.
Available today from one of our restaurants, our online shop and will be with a host of stockist over the next week. Subscribers, your copies are in the post x. Photos by
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