The Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy Signed by the Authors

The Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy, signed by the authors, is the Noble Rot founders' guide to wine in a signed edition.

Copies here carry the signatures of Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew, the pair behind the magazine and the Lamb's Conduit Street restaurant. What they wrote is a wine book with the peacocking taken out: the regions and growers are covered properly, but the tone sits closer to a strong recommendation from a friend than a lecture from a lectern, and the recommendations run from cheap bottles to famous ones without changing register. The awards followed — a Guild of Food Writers prize, a drink book of the year from The Times, and a shortlisting for the André Simon awards.

Signed copies suit collectors, and this is the obvious present for a Noble Rot reader who somehow does not own the book yet. The contents match the standard edition, so the reason to choose this one is the inscription.