Issue 23 – IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
Published July 2020
In the cork poppin’, gut bustin’, merry makin’ new issue of Noble Rot magazine……we spotlight the wines of Catalonia and Jurançon, as well as Burgundy’s often under-appreciated Aligoté. From Els Jelepins and Pepe Raventos to Sylvain Pataille and the uber-cult Clos Joliette, we tell the stories behind some of Europe’s most exciting domaines.
Back in mid-March when Noble Rot restaurant temporarily closed due to Covid-19, it was questionable whether publishing a summer edition of Noble Rot would be in keeping with the mood of the times. But we all need reasons to be cheerful, even in the most challenging days, so issue 23 is a reaffirmation of our original mission statement: to celebrate wine and gastronomy.
In this installment…
- …temporarily otherwise employed critic
Marina O’Loughlin imagines her ideal restaurant,
Diana Henry writes about restaurants’ restorative magic, and
Honey & Co’s Itamar Srulovich reminisces about his last meal out before lockdown.
- …author and importer
Kermit Lynch,
Beastie Boy Mike Diamond, writer
Andrew Jefford and Noble Rot editor
Dan Keeling ask: if they are not drinking their most treasured bottles now, with the world appearing to be self-destructing, when will they do it?
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Fay Maschler profiles Italian cookery supremo
Giorgio Locatelli
- …we spotlight
Anjou and
Savennières, two of France’s most exciting white wine appellations; talk to iconoclastic Mâconnais legend J
ean-Marie Guffens, and take a look at Beaujolais’ long -lost terroir classifications.
- …we feature our
guide to the best places on the planet to drink natural wine;
Russell Norman reveals the spiciest moments of London restaurant folklore; and we take a fresh look at
The Zuni Café Cookbook.
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Plus recipes, stories and musings from Simon Hopkinson, Rachel Roddy, Ruby Tandoh, Alastair Little, Jon Bonné, Stephen Harris, George Reynolds, Zeren Wilson, Simon J Woolf, and John Niven, among much more…
