Noble Rot Issue 35: Gary Sees Red!

Victoria—feel the love. Following Noble Rot’s recent visit to the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Issue 35’s ‘Ravenous for Melbourne’ chronicles founders Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew and executive chef Stephen Harris’s time in ‘Oz’s most gastronomic city’. During their short time here, they dined at an impressive array of iconic venues, old and new.

Then, in ‘Pacific Vim’, Chef Stephen Harris gives his two cents on Australian restaurant culture, describing it as “one of the great places in the world to eat”. On the wine side of things, Dan Keeling’s ‘The Vine Twitcher’ salutes a few of Victoria’s artisanal producers―including our very own Lambert Wines and Place of Changing Winds.

Also in this issue:

“Old footballer and crisp magnate” Gary Lineker talks wine, football dads, the Hand of God, and becoming a born-again cook in ‘Gary on Regardless’. Norman Cook―or Fatboy Slim to all you ’80s babies out there―makes a valiant effort to remember his greatest meal, though admitting it could all have been “a beautiful dream”.

Keira Knightley spends her 39th birthday reviewing an eclectic selection of wines, from 1995 Nyetimber to 1978 Château Giscours and Trediberri Barolo ‘Berri’ 2018, the latter described as “what you imagine Michael Corleone would drink before he becomes a mob boss”.

Then, Marina O’Loughlin reviews the iconic Chez Bruce, Jon Bonné dives deep into the state of play in Californian wine, Hannah Crosbie gives a ‘How to’ guide for judging your date by their wine choice, and Alice Feiring reminisces on better days when Jura icon Pierre Overnoy threw her a party.