Noble Rot, The Wines They Don't Want You to Know - Issue #38

Noble Rot Issue #38, The Wines They Don't Want You to Know, is a print magazine of wine, food and culture.

Cost is the target this time. Dan Keeling's opening complaint is about how much money it takes to get through the door of fine wine at all, and the answer printed here is a list: sommeliers, chefs, restaurateurs and writers were each asked to name the single most undervalued bottle they drink, which turns up cuvées from Rueda, Muscadet and the French south-west. The rest keeps to simple pleasures — a long lunch with Fergus and Margot Henderson and Gary Lineker, Felicity Cloake on salt, Simon Hopkinson on eggs, and Stephen Harris on why ordering tap water is not a virtue.

The undervalued bottle list is the part to act on, and it will send you hunting through the Muscadet and Rueda shelves. It suits drinkers who would sooner buy three interesting bottles than one famous one.