Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti?: A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines

All wine lovers fantasise about unattainable bottles like Romanée-Conti, but do you really need to pay cosmic prices for wines that are out of this world? When wine writer and Noble Rot co-founder Dan Keeling found himself at a vertical tasting of Romanée-Conti, it felt surreal. Could he do the world’s most expensive wine justice? Would the opulence of the occasion and complexity of the wine ruin him for ever? Knowing what Romanée-Conti was like made a vast difference to how Dan felt about all the wines with which he was already familiar. Delicious wine should be democratic, for everybody, and in Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti? Dan sheds light on all the incredible vineyards and winemakers that you should know, but probably don’t. These are no-compromise wines - surprising, individual, delightful - born from love and dedication. Join Dan on a stylish, knowledgable journey through the greatest wines the world has to offer.

Dan Keeling is Louis Roederer Food & Wine Writer of the Year 2017, Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2016 and Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year 2015. He previously worked in music as the Managing Director of Island Records and Head of A&R at Parlophone Records, where he was responsible for signing acts including Coldplay, Lily Allen and Bombay Bicycle Club. He is co-founder of Noble Rot magazine and co-owner of their three eponymous restaurants and their wine shop, Shrine to the Vine.