{"product_id":"noble-rot-41","title":"Noble Rot #40","description":"\u003cp\u003eAwkward barrel samples. Weary vignerons. Fully booked hotels. Missed tables. The wine traveller's path is rarely lined with sunshine and perfectly chilled glasses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is why Issue 40 of Noble Rot is about good timing \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e and giving yourself a fighting chance. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Wine Traveller's Guide to Getting It Right, our man in New York, Levi Dalton, explains when not to visit wine regions, revealing how arriving at the wrong moment can distort your experience of young wines and quietly sabotage tastings before you realise what's happening. He decodes the rhythms of the cellar, argues for visiting Burgundy in November rather than June (\"a rookie mistake\"), and shares insider intelligence \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e from Santorini's grape harvest colliding disastrously with peak tourist season, to the joys of Piemonte's porcini season. Along the way, top winemakers, restaurateurs and critics reveal their favourite local places to eat and drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, Simon J Woolf offers survival strategies for the awful wines served on long-haul flights, white Alice Feiring reveals the lengths she'd go to secure a decent glass in a restaurant cursed with a truly terrible wine list. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTalking of good timing, it's given us Nebuchadnezzars of pleasure to see Pulp return with a new number-one album and one of last year's genuinely great singles, Spike Island. Which makes it a particular delight to welcome Jarvis Cocker as this issue's very special interviewee. That he arrived at Noble Rot Mayfair amid rumours of having no intention of drinking was an intriguing beginning \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e one that, happily, did not last long. This is another vintage Rotter Towers extended-lunch interview.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in Issue 40's celebration of everyday miracles:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesse Armstrong, creator of Succession, writes about the cheese sandwich he considers his Greatest Meal. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarina O'Loughlin meets the chefs behind Fallow, who have built one of the UK's most successful hospitality operations \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e— and 1.4 million Instagram followers — from scratch. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eDan 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eDiana Henry dishes the dirt on choosing the right restaurant for famous guests, drawing on her former life as a TV researcher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eBrian McGinn, co-creator of Chef's Table, explains why it's extremely unlikely he'll ever commission a wine version.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003ePlus stories and recipes celebrating Autogrill, breakfast drinking, choucroute garnie à l'asacienne, and how authentic Indian food is finally having its moment in New York City — among much more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noble Rot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890990055706,"sku":"NOBLEROT-040","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/3793\/files\/12_185d816c-d248-4bc8-89dd-75fe7b26cece.jpg?v=1775143815","url":"https:\/\/villagebooks.co\/products\/noble-rot-41","provider":"Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}