Noble Rot – Issue 42: And the Winner Is…

Noble Rot is a British magazine about wine, food and popular culture, mixing serious knowledge with irreverent writing and a strong sense of personality.

Issue 42, “And the Winner Is…”, takes awards as its loose theme. The magazine launches the first Noble Rot Restaurant Awards, based on votes from 117 trusted contributors, chefs, restaurateurs and other figures, while also sending Marina O’Loughlin to investigate how established restaurant rankings such as Michelin and The World’s 50 Best actually work.

On the cover, Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley meet for dinner at Noble Rot Mayfair, talking about food, friendship and memorable nights out. Elsewhere, Dan Keeling spends two days eating and drinking around Madrid with World Cup winner David Silva, whose interest in wine eventually led him to buy vines in Gran Canaria.

Jancis Robinson recalls an extraordinary 66-wine tasting at Château d’Yquem, Giles Coren remembers restaurant critic Michael Winner, and further stories range from Lyonnais cooking and Paris’s Bistrot Paul Bert to Burgundian winemakers working abroad, Mallorcan and Azorean wines, Keller’s G-Max and the Georgian-era legend of the “Three-Bottle Man”.

About Noble Rot
Founded by Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew, Noble Rot connects wine with food, music and wider culture through long-form writing, interviews and a deliberately unpretentious approach to drinking well. Alongside the magazine, Noble Rot now includes three London restaurants and the Shrine to the Vine wine shops.