Noble Rot, Don't Sulphur Fools - Issue #30

Noble Rot Issue #30, Don't Sulphur Fools, is a print magazine of wine, food and culture, published in London.

Sulphur is the fight picked here. Editor Dan Keeling asks whether the long quarrel between the zero-sulphur camp and everybody else is finally winding down, follows two of the movement's leading figures, and comes out for a truce and a workable middle ground. Away from that, Jean-Louis Chave and Jean Gonon talk Saint-Joseph, Corsica's Sciaccarellu gets a profile, and there is a tour of the smallest domaines in France. Ed Wilson makes beurre blanc to drink with Muscadet, Alice Feiring writes about temporarily losing her sense of smell, and Angela Hartnett and Delia Smith both turn up.

The sulphur essay is the reason to buy it, and useful reading for anybody who has been told natural wine is either a con or a calling. The Saint-Joseph and Corsica pieces more than earn their space.