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Issue 35

GARY SEES RED!

Published 28th June 2024

Hang on a minute, that colour looks amazing says Gary Lineker, eyeing a 1934 Lopez de Heredia Via Tondonia towards the end of another of Noble Rots trademark long lunch interviews. He picks up the glass of 90-year-old Rioja and begins inspecting it, using a white napkin as a background. Noble Rot is impressed: have you seen people do that before, or do you actually do it yourself? we ask. Nah I saw it on [TV show] Drops of God! he says, bursting into laughter, as immortalised on our new cover. Gary is, among many things, one of Englands greatest strikers and anchor of Match of the Day. But hes also never been afraid to air personal opinions contradictory to the British government on social media, which last year caused him to be temporarily suspended from the BBC while also confirming his national treasure status. Saint Gary, who famously never received a red card throughout his career, talks to us about his love of wine, football dads, the Hand of God, and becoming a born again cook in Noble Rot 35.

Also in this issue

Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim tries his best to remember where exactly on tour in Tokyo he ate shabu-shabu for his Greatest Meal and appeals to readers to help identify the mysterious location.

Keira Knightley reviews another eclectic selection of wines, from 1978 Chteau Giscours (If you were tripping, you might think you were a mollusc living under the earth) to 2018 Trediberri Barolo Berri (Its what you imagine Michael Corleone would drink before he becomes a mob boss).

we present Noble Rots guide to Melbourne Restaurants (Ravenous for Melbourne) and report back on how top Oz producers such as Giaconda, Mount Mary and Place of Changing Winds are honing ever more terroir-expressive wines (The Vine Twitcher).

Marina OLoughlin reviews the mighty Chez Bruce one of Noble Rots favourite London restaurants and takes the measure of TopJaw, one of a number of social media influencers transforming hospitality media.

Plus: Jon Bonn responds to conjecture about the sustainability of California winemaking, pointing out that its always been boom or bust; Alice Feiringremembers a dream party thrown for her by Jura wine god Pierre Overnoy; Hannah Crosbie asks what your dates choice of wine says about them. And we feature stories and opinions about Chteau Musar, Barolo Chinato, German Sptburgunder, and Czar, the 7500 euros bottle of vino that no one has heard of.