Noble Rot, Beyond the Pale - Issue #41

Noble Rot Issue 41, Beyond the Pale, is a single issue of the London wine magazine covering wine, food and travel.

The issue ranges from Portugal to Georgia, from Germany to Greece, from Afghanistan by way of New York to Los Angeles and California, and from Spain's Gredos mountains to Gloucestershire. Lily Allen returns after thirteen years with My Greatest Meal; Marina O'Loughlin has lunch with Aziz Ansari at Otto's; Tim Spector makes the case for fermentation over dinner at Trullo; a tasting follows rose from retro curiosity to serious category; and there is a visit to the cult Japanese vigneron Takahiko Soga on the Hokkaido coast. Further pieces cover Comando G's influence in Argentina, Bairrada, the Douro and the food and wine of Athens.

It suits readers who treat wine as a way into places and cultures, and it is the widest-ranging issue the magazine has published. Subscriptions run three issues a year if a single copy proves insufficient.