Noble Rot, Our Wine Culture is in Better Shape Than Ever - Issue #37

Noble Rot Issue #37, Our Wine Culture is in Better Shape Than Ever, is a print magazine of wine, food and culture.

The opening argument belongs to Jon Bonné and it runs against the headlines: global drinking may be falling and the industrial brands may be hurting, but the audience for artisanal wine has grown over the dozen years since this title began, not shrunk. Whether that holds up is worth arguing about, which is presumably the point of printing it. Levi Dalton then profiles Jacques Seysses of Domaine Dujac, a founder who mentored a long list of vignerons who went on to matter. The Rotters also take Benedict Cumberbatch through five famous whites he would rather not drink.

Useful for anybody running a list or a shop and weary of being told the category is finished. The Dujac profile is the piece Burgundy drinkers will keep, and the Cumberbatch dinner is the one they will quote at the table.