Podcasts about Noble rot

We're going solo this episode, and we're going global. After months of logging serious miles across cities and continents, we wanted to revisit a format we love — not the wine regions, not the châteaux, but the cities themselves. The places that aren't necessarily making wine, but are doing it better than almost anywhere else in the world. We're breaking down our top four wine cities right now — London, Copenhagen, Tokyo, and New York — what makes each one stand out, how we navigate them for wine when we get there, and the specific spots that completely won us over. Along the way, we're also tasting the Zuccardi Polígonos Cabernet Franc from Mendoza — our wine club pick and a perfect tie-in to our earlier episode on the most exciting wine regions to visit. Pour a glass and come along. Featured Wine: Zuccardi Polígonos Cabernet Franc, Uco Valley

Music is part of the backdrop to millions of meals every day. But what if it is doing more than simply creating atmosphere?In this episode of The Food Chain, Rumella Dasgupta explores the growing evidence that sound can shape the way we experience food and drink. From scientists studying how the brain combines hearing and taste, to chefs designing dishes around playlists, we ask whether music has become an ingredient in its own right.Chef Gaggan Anand explains why music sits at the centre of his restaurant in Bangkok, where sound, lighting and food are carefully choreographed into a single experience. Cognitive neuroscientist Ophelia Deroy shares research showing how music can influence our perception of sweetness, bitterness and texture, and explains why flavour is far more than what happens on the tongue.We also hear from Ola Sars, founder of the business music platform Soundtrack, whose company helps restaurants, cafés and hotels tailor the music they play. He shares research suggesting that the right soundtrack can influence customer behaviour and even affect sales.But not everyone is convinced. Dan Keeling, co-owner of London's Noble Rot restaurants and a former music industry executive who signed artists including Coldplay and Lily Allen, explains why he has chosen not to play music in his dining rooms at all.From silent restaurants to carefully curated playlists, from neuroscience labs to commercial dining rooms, we explore the increasingly important role sound plays in the way we eat.If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

It was a bottle of wine sure to get people talking. A group of friends indulging in a bottle worth $400,000 over dinner a few nights ago. The 1996 bottle was bought by one of the friends in 1999 for $2000. Since then, friends have bought shares in the bottle. It was finally consumed after more than two decades at Wellington's Noble Rot wine bar. Bar operations manager, Jessica Wood spoke to Lisa Owen.

Wine is experiential. It is what the industry has to hang its hat on. Each glass needs to conjure up emotion, memories and a sense of being. My father bought his wine shop in 1969 and a started his academic journey to understand and promote wine. He took master classes before they were masterclasses: German Wine Academy, the Italian Wine Consortium and many more. He was a learner.  So when he was telling me a story about one of the most emotional wines he had ever tasted, and how he had waited in a long line to get a thimblefull of a taste, it was required listening. That day at a Hueblien auction, they were auctioning the iconic 1921 Chateau d'Yquem and I believe the auctioneer was the famed Michael Broadbent. When I heard that Lorenzo Pasquini, the Director of Chateau d"Yquem was going to be in LA, I created a stir of inquiries to get him on the podcast. We ended up at Wallys famed wine bar and restaurant for a sit down episode of the show. I have to tell you that sitting down with Lorenzo Pasquini at Wally's in Beverly Hills was a breath of fresh air. It's not every day you get to share a table (and a glass) with the director of Château d'Yquem, one of the most storied estates in Bordeaux. Right from the start, Lorenzo hit me with a line that stuck: "Wine is by definition very human." As someone who's been fascinated by the soul and story of wine for decades, I couldn't help but smile. This wasn't going to be your average technical chat about barrels and Brix. Now, I like anecdotes—my dad was the king of them—and I come from a world where every wine has a memory attached. Lorenzo gets that. He talked about how Yquem isn't just a brand, or even a name, but something almost universal, capable of creating emotion in savvy collectors and absolute newcomers alike. It reminded me of my dad waiting in line for a thimble of '21 Yquem at the Hublin auction—the anticipation, the respect, the pure joy of tasting something almost mythical. We dug into the mystery of botrytis—the "noble rot"—and why it's at the heart of what makes Yquem so special. Lorenzo's insight was that it's not about control. There's an element of surrender and humility. You can prepare, observe, react, but ultimately you wait for nature to do her thing. That's the contrast, really, between technology-driven wines and those that are still, in essence, artisanal. There's a sense of patience and a sense of trust in the process that I find inspiring—and grounding. He made me think differently about the grapes themselves. I had always pictured noble rot as something pretty unappetizing. But Lorenzo described how, seen under a microscope, it's actually beautiful—almost poetic. Sometimes you just need to change your perspective to find the beauty, even when it comes to the fungus that transforms a grape. We compared vintages—the pure botrytis expression of 2013 versus the fruit-forward 2017 and the youthful vibrancy of 2023. Lorenzo talked about the pickers, some well into their seventies, able to discern the subtle aromas and select only the best bunches. There's a community behind Yquem, not just a technical team, and their wisdom and experience shape every harvest. It feels honest, real—less about chasing perfection, more about honoring the place and the moment. Of course, I had to bring up my penchant for pairing Sauternes with pot-au-feu—cordial glasses be damned. Lorenzo set me straight on the right glassware. More importantly, he reminded me (and our listeners) that sweet doesn't mean dessert. Yquem can go with just about anything, as long as the story and emotion are there. We talked about time travel—the unique thrill of opening a bottle from 1811, discovering a wine that's still alive, still evolving. It's about respecting history, but it's also about a relentless drive to improve, to find that extra tenth of a percent of quality. Lorenzo's journey—from Tuscany to Bordeaux, from Rome to Argentina—is a testament to the interconnectedness of the wine world. He sees France and Italy as two faces of the same medal. That resonated with me. In the end, whether you talk luxury branding or climate-driven sustainability, Yquem's story is about people, patience, the land, and the endless effort to express something honest and beautiful in every bottle. This was a conversation that didn't just inform—it inspired. That's the kind of insight I'm always looking for on Wine Talks. YouTube: https://youtu.be/hY9oZkhiwyI #ChateaudYquem #noblerot #Sauternes #Bordeauxwine #LorenzoPasquini #PaulK #wineemotion #terroir #vintagewines #winetasting #artisanalwinemaking #sustainability #LVMH #wineindustry #aromaticcomplexity #luxurybrand #Frenchwinehistory #grapeharvesting #organicviticulture #timetravelwine  

Alex Edkins is a singer, song writer and guitarist for Weird Nightmare, Noble Rot and Metz. The newest Weird Nightmare album Hoopla is out May 1 via Sup Pop Records and is the quintessence of power pop punk rock and roll. Alex tells us why the new record leans into a more direct and fun approach and where his love for power pop began. We learn how his lyrics have moved to a more personal delivery and why Hoopla is in many ways a sentimental and reminiscent journey. Alex share's how his song writing and level of effort for Weird Nightmare differs from the dissonant riffage of Metz and why he sees Hoopla as an overall serendipitous experience. Joe and Alex share their love for producer Jim Eno, discuss the “twofer” nature of the Hoopla and we sample a couple new tunes.Weird NightmareSub Pop RecordsThis episode supported by our friends at Izotope. This episode is produced with Ozone 12, the newest from Izotope. Head over to izotope.com now for savings on all their production software. Go check out Ozone 12 and RX 11 and master with the best and solve the unsolvable. Use code FRET10 at checkout.Ep supported by Distrokid . Distrokid now offers Bandzoogle where you can build your bands website and store in minutes. Tour stories listeners get 30% off at distrokid.com/vip/tourstories. GET YOUR MUSIC OUT THERE! ITS EASY WITH DistrokidEpisode sponsored by Schecter Guitars. Schecter Guitar Research is one of the world's premier guitar companies, offering electric guitars and basses, acoustic guitars, and USA Custom Shop instruments to musicians around the world.Its continually evolving and expanding line of guitars and basses appeals to a broad spectrum of players and diverse musical styles. They offer high-quality instruments with professional components at an affordable price. Go Schecter for all your guitar needsRuinous MediaOur newest sponsor Kingston Union is YOUR store for the legendary Winos.Club SawThree Penny OperaHaydenNoble RotSpoonJuliana RiolinoRed CrossBuzzcocksRobin HitchcockCleaners from VenusUndertonesOasisMentioned in this episode:DistrokidIzotopeSchecter Guitars

When I first met Katie – it was at Hello Beasty — I was with one of my favourite lunching sidekicks, Courteney Peters and we both felt sure we'd met her before. Turns out we hadn't but instead, had just witnessed what true hospitality looks like. That sort of soft but confident, personable service that makes you feel right at home and cared for in an absolute instant. Sort of like if your Mum has grabbed your onesie from the dryer and popped you into a bed made of freshly cleaned flannel sheets, turned the night light on and sung you your favourite song. You know…familiar reassuring comfort. Look, Katie's not your Mum, but her style of service is similar to being guided through the next two hours of your life by someone who has your best interests at heart and wants your dining experience to get the very best report card possible. It's fair to say, Katie Woodhead had made an impression. That was PCT (pre-covid times) and Katie had been hired by Emma and Stu Rogan to help them establish some structure so their new restaurant could kick off with the best systems in place to perform well in the highly competitive world of making other people's dinner. Katie earned the gig as her reputation for running a slick operation had preceded her. She was instrumental in setting up systems that made the likes of Scopa, The Bresolin, Madame Woo and others run like a tighter than tight ship where the people who worked there felt empowered by education.  It was DCT (during covid times) that Katie headed back home to meet a very important wee man named Stanley and where she had a crack at making English wine and also worked the floor at Noble Rot (the London version – not the one located in our own lovely capital). This chat crosses continents, it includes high-risk travel hijinks, a delicious Marlborough Riesling, a robbery and a who dunnit and a story about a winemaker with one eye that saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge want a lot more of the Woodhead wine storytelling magic. All that before we even get to the brilliant business that Katie has just started. It's called Wineheads and it's designed to share the wonder of wine and how to make it profitable for punters intent on living a life in hospo.Hell bent on breaking the mold this wahine grabs life by the gonads and I'm here for it. You should be too. So, drag the backpack from the back of the closet, grab a dog-eared copy of a Lonely Planet New Zealand styles and sip on something super fresh and fly, this is the not serious Katie Woodhead chat. not serious wine chats would like to thank our supporters:Funded by TradecraftSupported with time and a place to record By the BottlePalate refreshing mineral water supplied by Antipodes Water Co. Special thanks to my pal, Benj Brooking of Popular.nz for his help with the editing. An expert filmmaker, editing these chats is being done as one mate helping another. Thanks Benj. You're a legend. join the chat > notseriouswinechats.nz instagram | facebook If you're struggling to put that glass down, perhaps our chats aren't the right ear candy for you. While the chats are not serious, living your best life is a very serious matter indeed and a life fuelled by addiction doesn't sound dreamy at all. If you think you need a hand, visit the Ministry of Health site for platforms that might help you take the first step towards taking control back. Our warmest wishes for success on that journey.

Stephen Harris, a self-taught chef who has run the Michelin-starred restaurant The Sportsman for over 25 years, sits down with Olivia Potts on Table Talk. Based just outside of Whitstable in Kent, The Sportsman has won national restaurant of the year multiple times, and Stephen is also an executive chef at Noble Rot. The Sportsman At Home is his second cookbook, available to pre-order now and out everywhere from the 6th November. Stephen tells Liv about his earliest memories of food from school dinners to sweets, how he started out as a history teacher and in the City of London – before getting his big break, and which restaurants he loved most in 1980s London – from Marco Pierre White's to Pierre Koffmann. He also reveals the influences he has had from France, from the Kent countryside and even from the Domesday Book. Plus, Liv reveals she celebrated her 30th birthday at The Sportsman and can remember every thing she ate!Produced by Patrick Gibbons.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An intimate conversion with Jancis RobinsonEnd of 2025 Jancis Robinson will celebrate 50 years as a wine writer. 50 years of press articles, books, TV shows, website and wine critics. She carved out a place for herself in the world of wine, leading her to be today the most influential wine journalist. And yet she welcomed me in the most natural way for this interview and answered my questions with a huge smile. A few years ago, Noble Rot magazine titled its article about her: Her Royal Vineness. I couldn't agree with a better formula to introduce Jancis Robinson.Production : Romain BeckerEditing : Emmanuel NappeyMusic : Emmanuel DoréGraphic design : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Léna Mazilu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'll see you again very soon for more wine adventures. Until then, have fun and drink well!Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

How do you go from being a young sex columnist to a nationally acclaimed restaurant reviewer? Food writer, broadcaster, jazz pianist and egg fanatic Jay Rayner is here. If you have even a passing interest in anything foodie, there's so much in here for you. New ways of loving tinned fish, the dark arts of restaurant reviewing, and a noble attempt by Russell to convert Jay into a football fan. Did he leave wearing a scarf and hat munching on a balti pie? You'll have to listen to find out. Jay is now reviewing restaurants for the Financial Times, so you can find those in print or online every week.  As Jay mentions on the podcast, his latest book Nights Out At Home is out now at all good independent bookshops, and there's a few live tour dates to go with it.

Music man turned wine man, Dan Keeling left the record business to pursue his love of wine in London, England, after getting bored signing Coldplay. Dan has changed the way we read about wine co-founding and editing Noble Rot magazine. Dan along with partner Mark Andrew own three award winning Noble Rot restaurants, imports wine through his Keeling Andrew Wine Company and brings wine to the people from Shrine to the Vine, his retail outlet, all in the UK. Dan just wrote his second book, “Who's Afraid of Romaneé-Conti?: A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines”.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Grape Nation by becoming a member!The Grape Nation is Powered by Simplecast.

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee at Paul's Restaurant - Salt, in the centre of Stratford Upon Avon. This week: Xmas debrief, Abba, Noble Rot, Paul back on James Martin's show with Nathan Outlaw, New Year's resolutions, Cadbury's and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Keeling is the cofounder and editor of Noble Rot magazine, a restaurateur behind the Noble Rot restaurant group in London, and the cofounder of Keeling Andrew wine importer. He's also the author of a great new book about wine: Who's Afraid of Romanée-Conti?: A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines. We spoke with Dan about his singular point of view on wine, his past life as head of artists and repertoire at Parlophone Records, and how to go about finding a great glass at the bar. Also on the show, Alana Yazzi tells us about her terrific new book, The Modern Navajo Kitchen: Homestyle Recipes that Celebrate the Flavors and Traditions of the Diné.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. MORE FROM DAN KEELING:How I Learned That Serious Wine Doesn't Have to Be Stuffy [Slate]All the Natural Wine That's Fit To Print [TASTE]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's show Chas and David celebrate Leonardo Dicaprio's birthday with a guide how to avoid the indignities of self-celebration, being sung to at a restaurant, perpetually dating 25 year olds, and explain why Martha Stewart might be the ultimate catch. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David celebrate Leonardo Dicaprio's birthday with a guide how to avoid the indignities of self-celebration, being sung to at a restaurant, perpetually dating 25 year olds, and explain why Martha Stewart might be the ultimate catch. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas tamps down the election fervor with a reminder that amusement can, and should, be found in all of life's pursuits and charts a course to thrive through any political fallout via art, food, and indulgence. Learn how herein! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas tamps down the election fervor with a reminder that amusement can, and should, be found in all of life's pursuits and charts a course to thrive through any political fallout via art, food, and indulgence. Learn how herein! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode of Noble Rot is brought to you by Laird Hamilton! How to hold your breath for 5 minutes, the virtue of a chaste life, how dogs can sniff out wife beaters, and why there is no such thing as an excuse. Chas and David ascend to alpha male status in todays episode. Behold! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode of Noble Rot is brought to you by Laird Hamilton! How to hold your breath for 5 minutes, the virtue of a chaste life, how dogs can sniff out wife beaters, and why there is no such thing as an excuse. Chas and David ascend to alpha male status in todays episode. Behold! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show, while our Presidential candidates "work the fry", Chas and David reflect back on their first jobs, chart how menial jobs led to careers, and identify the moment where youthful enthusiasm to earn shifted to a lifetime of resentful ire. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show, while our Presidential candidates “work the fry”, Chas and David reflect back on their first jobs, chart how menial jobs led to careers, and identify the moment where youthful enthusiasm to earn shifted to a lifetime of resentful ire. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's mega-episode finds Chas and David at the world-famous Boardroom Show. Smith hunkered down in a Weekend Van interviewing a who's who of surfers, shapers, mathematicians, dear listeners, hall-of-famers and doctors while David worked the floor. The conversations are fun, loose and come from every corner of the surf world even though Noble Rot is decidedly anti-surf talk. Rules, however, were made to be broken. Enjoy! Interview subjects include Karen Howard and Devon Howard, Mike Kijewski, John Money, Shea Somma, Dr. Bill Rosenblatt, Alex Hemmingway, Darryl Evora, Ryan Convertini, and Mike May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's mega-episode finds Chas and David at the world-famous Boardroom Show. Smith hunkered down in a Weekend Van interviewing a who's who of surfers, shapers, mathematicians, dear listeners, hall-of-famers and doctors while David worked the floor. The conversations are fun, loose and come from every corner of the surf world even though Noble Rot is decidedly anti-surf talk. Rules, however, were made to be broken. Enjoy! Interview subjects include Karen Howard and Devon Howard, Mike Kijewski, John Money, Shea Somma, Dr. Bill Rosenblatt, Alex Hemmingway, Darryl Evora, Ryan Convertini, and Mike May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Jefford, journalist and writer"It's not wine writing. It's writing." This quote is from Jay McInerney, a writer I particularly like, about Andrew Jefford and his writing. And I couldn't agree more.I have known Andrew's work for while as I read regularly Noble Rot but I never realised it. Mostly because I don't always read the name of the author of the article. Andrew has this incredible ability to make you travel to the place where the wine is made in just a few lines. A few months ago, Julie Reux, author of the excellent Vinofutur, shared a link on social media about an opening speech that she found inspiring. I read it too. It was from Andrew and it was brilliant. So brilliant that I immediatetly wanted to interview him.That is how I found myself at the top of the Pic Saint-Loup ⛰️ in Languedoc with Andrew at the end of August. Enjoy the conversation dear listeners

In today's show Chas and David plot a course of fandom and anti-fandom for food they would tattoo on their temple's, teams for which they would bleed, clothing brands they would shill to their friends, and they relive the adolescent heartbreak that calloused their heart's so. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas and David plot a course of fandom and anti-fandom for food they would tattoo on their temple's, teams for which they would bleed, clothing brands they would shill to their friends, and they relive the adolescent heartbreak that calloused their heart's so. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three things drive Valerie Kathawala, writing, Germany and wine. She has melded all three and is co-founder, Editor and Publisher of Trink Magazine, an independent digital publication exploring the wines of Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Previously, as a student of German language and culture, she began her career as a translator at the United Nations before pursing her three loves. You can also find Valerie's writing in Noble Rot, Pipette, and Meininger's, to name a few. Valerie lives and writes in NYC with her family.

In today's show Chas lays the gauntlet and David attempts to navigate the horrifying modern world of potential democracy collapse, a Third World War, invasion of the tax man, and being forced to work until old age. Halloween ain't' nearly as frightening. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas lays the gauntlet and David attempts to navigate the horrifying modern world of potential democracy collapse, a Third World War, invasion of the tax man, and being forced to work until old age. Halloween ain't' nearly as frightening. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Devon Howard joins Chas and David to discuss the fine but definitive line of gilding Lillies. From Cybertrucks (Deplorians) to Freak Offs, to commenting on PornHub, how, where, and when is it appropriate to go all in? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Devon Howard joins Chas and David to discuss the fine but definitive line of gilding Lillies. From Cybertrucks (Deplorians) to Freak Offs, to commenting on PornHub, how, where, and when is it appropriate to go all in? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas sets a course, with guidance from one Circe Wallace, to blueprint the ideal modern man. How to: eat phallic food in public, embrace one's femininity, the allure of the bad boy, and why trauma harnesses the DNA for the ultimate modern man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's show Chas sets a course, with guidance from one Circe Wallace, to blueprint the ideal modern man. How to: eat phallic food in public, embrace one's femininity, the allure of the bad boy, and why trauma harnesses the DNA for the ultimate modern man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of James Earl Jones' passing and amidst the era of Insta model fame, where hast the art of speaking gone? How to fake an accent, learn a language, seduce a lover, and earn 17 million dollars, all herein. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of James Earl Jones' passing and amidst the era of Insta model fame, where hast the art of speaking gone? How to fake an accent, learn a language, seduce a lover, and earn 17 million dollars, all herein. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaega Wise and Robbie Armstrong explore the exponential growth of celebrity-backed drinks brands. She asks why so many stars want a piece of this rapidly growing pie, and charts the rise of everything from A-Lister tequilas and rums to supermarket shelves stacked with celeb-branded wines. Jaega heads to one of UK's biggest drinks events of the year, Dr Dre and Snoop's Gin & Juice launch, where she speaks to Shaquille O'Neal, Yungblud, Ella Eyre and Yasiin Bey on the star-studded red carpet. She hears from Blur's Alex James about his English sparkling wine, and chats with Emma Watson's brother Alex about the premium gin he's launched with his sister.Brett Berish of Sovereign Brands talks about the process behind creating some of the world's most popular celebrity-endorsed spirits. Filling up his cup with more than a splash of cynicism, Aaron Goldfarb guides Jaega through the winners and losers in his list of the best and worst celebrity spirits on the market. Jaega sits down with Noble Rot founder Dan Keeling, who discusses his previous career in the music industry, why he thinks celebrities should leave the winemaking to winemakers, and the growing trend of vigneron-as-celebrity. Producer Robbie Armstrong pops a few star-studded corks with wine writer and author of ‘Corker', Hannah Crosbie, explains the appeal of celebrity booze for consumers, and talks us through which ones might be worth your money. Jennifer Creevy, head of food and drink at trend forecaster WGSN, predicts what the future holds for the celebrity category – and which drinks might come of age while others spoil. Presented by Jaega Wise. Produced by Robbie Armstrong.

Alex Jackson joins us today on the podcast to discuss his truly incredible career so far in the world of cooking and his latest cookbook; Frontières: The Food of the French Borderlands. Alex takes us through how his love for reading cookbooks had led to many failed relationships, how he was converted by Stevie Parle at The Dock Kitchen from a waiter to a head chef, the wonders of working at the legendary Chez Panisse in San Francisco, the highs and lows of running his critically acclaimed restaurant 'Sardine' for 4 years, what restrictions he's had on his cooking as head chef of Noble Rot and why he's decided to leave, why he quit the kitchen for 2 years and became a cheesemonger in Borough Market, his favourite French recipes, foods and wines and of course his incredible new book Frontières and much much more..  ------- If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a 5 star rating and a comment and please please please share it with others who you think may enjoy it too. 

Alex Jackson is the founder of Sardine and currently head chef at Noble Rot, Soho. His cookbook Frontières: the food of France's borderlands is available now.  On the podcast, he tells Lara and Liv why the smell of chip fat reminds him of home, how his interest in cooking was ignited during time spent at university France, and divulges his desert island meal. 

Alex Jackson is the founder of Sardine and currently head chef at Noble Rot, Soho. His cookbook Frontières: the food of France's borderlands is available now.  On the podcast, he tells Lara and Liv why the smell of chip fat reminds him of home, how his interest in cooking was ignited during time spent at university France, and divulges his desert island meal. 

Dan Keeling is a partner in the Noble Rot restaurants and Shrine to the Vine retail shops in London, Noble Rot Magazine, and Keeling Andrew and Co., an importer of wine into the United Kingdom.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Gilly is with Alex Jackson, Noble Rot chef, former restaurateur at Sardine and author of Frontieres.He talks about his long love affair with France, and particularly with its food, but it's the edges that we're after here, The Italianness of the French Riveiera , the spices of Provence, melting pot of Marseille. It's about an adventure in French cooking through the prism of the others that make modern France French. Head over to Gilly's Substack for Extra Bites of Alex's Frontieres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it odd that a rot is noble? Not in the wine world! In this episode, we get down with the nature science behind this humid phenomenon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Episode 1598, From Serial Killer to the World's Hottest Wine Trend with Alice Feiring and Felicity Carter. This is the wine2wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business event, held annually in Verona, Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals gather to develop and expand their wine business worldwide. Abstract: In Alice Feiring's new memoir, “To Fall in Love, Drink This”, she does what she has become famous for, linking wine with the shocking, surprising and inconceivable. Case in point: In this book we see her escaping from a serial killer, spending time in one of America's most notorious prisons, visiting concentration camps, and telling off famous spirit producers. Yes, there's joy, loss of unconditional love, Nina Simone and dirt collected in jars as an incredible expression of terroir. It is her coming-of-age story linked to her subject, wine, how she has championed the wines now taking the world by storm. Heralded editor and master storyteller, Felicity Carter is charged with interviewing Feiring. In the session, Carter will explore what it takes to overcome wine media controversy, tell a good wine story about wine, and champion the underdogs until the wine world sits up and takes notice. Come along and find out the power of storytelling – and why the wine world needs to embrace greater transparency if it wants to resonate with modern drinkers. More about today's speaker: Alice Feiring Journalist and essayist Alice Feiring was proclaimed “the queen of natural wines” by the Financial Times. Feiring is a recipient of a coveted James Beard Award for wine journalism, among many others. She has written for newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Time, AFAR, World of Fine Wine, and the beloved winezine, Noble Rot. She has also appeared frequently on public radio. Her previous books include Natural Wine for the People, Dirty Guide to Wine, For the Love of Wine, Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally, and her controversial 2008 debut, The Battle for Wine & Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. Alice lives in New York and publishes the authoritative natural wine newsletter, The Feiring Line. Connect: Instagram: @alice.feiring Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alice.feiring Twitter: @alicefeiring Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-feiring-47658/ More about today's moderator: Felicity Carter Journalist and editor Felicity Carter is the Executive Editor at The Drop, the content arm of Pix. Previously she worked for Meininger Verlag, Europe's biggest wine and spirits publisher, where she built Meininger's Wine Business International into the world's only global wine business magazine, with correspondents from 30 countries and subscribers in 38. Before arriving in Europe she wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers in her native Australia, and is now an occasional contributor to The Guardian USA. She is an international wine judge and speaker, and editorial consultant to Liv-ex, the London-based fine wine exchange. Connect: Instagram: @carter.felicity Twitter: @FelicityCarter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-carter-a5754380/ _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin! Thanks for tuning in! Listen to more stories from the Italian Wine Community here on Italian Wine Podcast!

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee of the pax Romana. It provides a portrait of the ancient world's ultimate superpower at war and at peace; from the gilded capital to the barbarous realms beyond the frontier; from emperors to slaves.The narrative features many of the most celebrated episodes in Roman history: the destruction of Jerusalem and Pompeii; the building of the Colosseum and Hadrian's Wall; the conquests of Trajan and the spread of Christianity.Pax gives a portrait of Rome, the great white shark of the ancient world, the Siberian tiger, at the very pinnacle of her greatness.(Little, Brown Book Group).Tom met Jack Aldane at Noble Rot in Bloomsbury, London.Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club:Twitter/X: @bookingclubpodInstagram: @bookingclubpodTikTok: @bookingclubpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we continue with the Martha Coolidge lovefest with her one truly awful movie, Joy of Sex. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Last week, we talked about Martha Coolidge and her 1983 comedy Valley Girl, which celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its release this past Saturday. Today, we're going to continue talking about Martha Coolidge's 1980s movies with her follow up effort, Joy of Sex. And, as always, before we get to the main story, there's some back story to the story we need to visit first. In 1972, British scientist Alex Comfort published the titillatingly titled The Joy of Sex. If you know the book, you know it's just a bunch of artful drawings of a man and a woman performing various sexual acts, a “how to” manual for the curious and adventurous. Set up to mimic cooking books like Joy of Cooking, Joy of Sex covered the gamut of sexual acts, and would spend more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list, including three months at the top of the list. It wasn't the kind of book anyone could possibly conceive a major Hollywood studio might ever be interested in making into a movie.  And you'd be right. Sort of.  When a producer named Tom Moore bought the movie rights to the book in 1975, for $100,000 and 20% of the film's profit, Moore really only wanted the title, because he thought a movie called “Joy of Sex” would be a highly commercial prospect to the millions of people who had purchased the book over the years, especially since porn chic was still kind of “in” at the time. In 1976, Moore would team with Paramount Pictures to further develop the project. They would hire British comedian, actor and writer Dudley Moore to structure the movie as a series of short vignettes not unlike Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But We're Afraid to Ask. Moore was more interested in writing a single story, about someone not unlike himself in his early 40s coming to grips with being sexually hung up during the era of free love. Moore and the studio could not come to an agreement over the direction of the story, and Moore would, maybe not so ironically, sign on the play a character not unlike himself, in his early 40s, coming to grips with being sexually hung up during the era of free love, in Blake Edwards' 10. Still wanting to pursue the idea of the movie as a series of short vignettes not unlike Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But We're Afraid to Ask, Paramount next approached the British comedy troupe Monty Python to work on it, since that's basically what they did for 45 episodes of their BBC show between 1969 and 1974. But since they had just found success with their first movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, they decided to concentrate their efforts on their next movie project. In 1978, Paramount hired actor and comedian Charles Grodin to write the script, telling him it could literally be about anything. Grodin, one of the stealthiest funny people to ever walk the Earth, had written a movie before, an adaptation of the Gerald A. Browne novel 11 Harrowhouse, but he found himself unable to think of anything, finding the ability to write anything he wanted as long as it could somehow be tied to the title to be an albatross around his neck. When Grodin finally turned in a script a few months later, Paramount was horrified to discover he had written a movie about a screenwriter who was having trouble writing a Hollywood movie based on a sex manual. The studio passed and released Grodin from his contract. In 1985, Grodin was able to get that screenplay made into a movie called Movers and Shakers, but despite having a cast that included Grodin, Walter Matthew, Gilda Radner, Bill Macy, and Vincent Gardenia, as well as cameos from Steve Martin and Penny Marshall, the film bombed badly. After the success of The Blues Brothers, John Belushi was hired to star in Joy of Sex, to be directed by Penny Marshall in what was supposed to be her directing debut, produced by Matty Simmons, the publisher of National Lampoon who was looking for another potential hit film to put its name on after their success with Animal House, from a script written by National Lampoon writer John Hughes, which would have been his first produced screenplay. Hughes' screenplay still would be structured as a series of short vignettes not unlike Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But We're Afraid to Ask, but Belushi would pass away before filming could begin. Penny Marshall would make her directing debut four years later with the Whoopi Goldberg movie Jumpin' Jack Flash, while Hughes' first produced screenplay, National Lampoon's Class Reunion, would actually begin production four weeks before Belushi died. Belushi kept getting the production start date for Joy of Sex pushed back because of he was working on a screenplay for a movie he really wanted to make, a diamond smuggling caper called Noble Rot, which Paramount had agreed to make if Belushi would make Joy of Sex first. After that, Paramount would hire the unlikely team of screenwriting teacher Syd Field and shock jock Don Imus to try their hand at it, before going back to Hughes, who at one point turned in a draft that was 148 pages long. After the success of Porky's around this time, Paramount would have the script rewritten again, this time by The Outsiders' screenwriter Kathleen Rowell, trying to make it into a raunchy comedy. Amy Heckerling, the director of Fast Times, was approached to direct, but she would turn it down because she didn't want to get pigeonholed as a raunchy sex comedy director. The studio needed to get the film in production by the end of May 1983, or the rights to the book and the title would revert back to its author. After Valley Girl started to get some good buzz just before release, Paramount would approach Coolidge to direct. Although the budget for the film would only be around $5m, Coolidge would earn far more than the $5,000 she made for Valley Girl. So even if she wasn't too thrilled with the script, it was good money. Maybe she should have waited. The film would begin production in Los Angeles and Santa Monica beginning on May 31st, 1983, literally the day before the movie rights would have reverted back to the author, and Coolidge would only be given twenty-six days to film it. It also didn't help that the production was working under Paramount's television division, and the producer, Frank Konigsberg, had never produced a feature film before. This final version of the script she would be working with, credited to Kathleen Rowell and first-time screenwriter, J.J. Salter, would be the nineteenth draft written over the course of eight years, and wouldn't quite be the raunchfest Paramount was hoping for, but they were literally out of time. To try and make things as comfortable for herself as possible, Coolidge would hire a number of actors and crew members from Valley Girl, and tried to shoot the film, as straight as possible, even with the studio's request for lots of gratuitous nudity. Michelle Meyrink, one of Julie's valley girl friends in Coolidge's previous film, would star as Leslie, a high school senior who tries to lose her virginity when she mistakenly believes she only has six weeks to live, alongside her Valley Girl co-stars Cameron Dye, Colleen Camp and Heidi Holicker. Also on board would be Ernie Hudson, who would go straight from making this film into making Ghostbusters, and Christopher Lloyd, who was still a couple years away from starring as Doc Brown, as Leslie's dad, a coach at her school. Coolidge's saving grace was that, despite the pressure to have scenes of nubile young co-eds running naked down the school halls for no good reason, the core of the story was about two teenagers who, while trying to learn about sex, would discover and fall in love with each other. Paramount would set the film for an April 13th, 1984 release, even before Coolidge turned in her first cut of the film. But when she did, that's when the proverbial poop hit the proverbial fan. Coolidge made the movie she wanted to make, a sweet love story, even with some scenes of gratuitous and unnecessary nudity. Which is not the movie Paramount wanted, even if it was the script they approved. Her relationship with the studio further soured when the first test screening of the film turned out to be a disaster, especially with teenage girls and women, who loved the love story at the center of the film but hated the completely gratuitous and unnecessary nudity. Coolidge would be fired off the film, the television and film departments at Paramount would get into vicious finger pointing arguments about who was to blame for this mess and how they were going to fix it, and Matty Simmons would pay Paramount $250,000 to have National Lampoon's name removed from the film, claiming the film did not represent what the magazine had originally signed up for. Paramount would cancel the April 1984 release date, while hiring two new editors to try and salvage the mess they felt they were given. The Directors Guild offered to allow Coolidge to take her name off the film and have it credited to Alan Smithee, but she would decide to leave her name on it. Even if the film bombed, it was another directing credit to her name, which could still help her get future jobs. When the new editors finished their work on the film, they had whittled down Coolidge's original version that ran 115 minutes into a barely cohesive 93 minute mess, and the studio decided to release the film on August 3rd. In the 80s, the entire month of August was pretty much considered a dumping ground for movies, as families were often eschewing going to the movies for their last moments of summer fun before the kids had to go back to school. Opening on 804 screens, Joy of Sex would open in ninth place, grossing an anemic $1.9m in its first three days. Ghostbusters, in its ninth week of release, was still in first place with $6.5m, and it would also get outgrossed by Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Karate Kid, all three having been released in May or June. After a second weekend where the film would lose nearly 20% of its theatres and 55% of its first week audience, Paramount would stop tracking the film. It's final reported ticket sales total would be just $3.69m. Because I am cursed with the ability to remember the most mundane things from nearly forty years ago while being unable to remember where I left a screwdriver yesterday, I still remember seeing Joy of Sex. It was on the #1 screen at the Skyview Drive-in in Santa Cruz. It was the A-title, playing a double bill with Cheech and Chong Still Smokin', which had not done very well when it had been released the previous May. My friends and I would head out to the theatre, Dick and some friends piled in his Impala, me and some friends in my AMC Pacer, with lawn chairs and frosty beverages in the trunks, ready to completely rip apart this film we heard was really bad. And rip it apart we did. I think there were maybe ten cars on our side of the drive-in, plenty of room for a bunch of drunken teenagers to be far away from everyone else and be obnoxious jerks. In 1984, we didn't have the internet. We didn't have easy access to the industry newspapers where we may have heard about all the troubles with the production. We just knew the film stunk something foul, and we had one of our most fun evenings at the movies destroying it in our own inimitable way. Not that I was going to give the movie another chance. It stunk. There's just no two ways about it, but I am now more forgiving of Martha Coolidge now that I know just how impossible a situation she was put in. Ironically, the debacle that was Joy of Sex would be part of the reason I so enjoyed Coolidge's next film, 1985's Real Genius so much, because Joy of Sex was still fresher in my mind than Valley Girl. But we'll talk more about Real Genius on our next episode. Thank you for joining us. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Joy of Sex. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.

Dan is an award winning wine writer, magazine editor and restaurateurHe is the Co founder of Noble Rot named for the fungus that shrivels and sweeten grapes which began life as a cult food, wine and popular culture magazine. The magazine created a space that is as informative as it is witty and serves up wine with alongside sides of life and culture. The brand has since expanded to two award winning restaurants and a wine shop Shrine to the Vine.Dan has won numerous awards for his writing about wine and food and has written for the Financial Times, The Spectator and Melody Maker. Before Noble Rot Dan was previously managing director of Island Records. He was the one who found and signed Coldplay who then went on to sell 5 million copies of their debut album.Find us on instagram @desertislanddishes and visit the website www.desertislanddishes.coThank you to our sponsor Lloyds Bank for helping us to bring this with you each week.And thank you very to you for listening!See you next week,Margie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noble Rot is the studio project of Alex Edkins (METZ) and Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck). Long time collaborators and friends, the two began working on Noble Rot following the cancelation both of their respective tours. In this episode we hear how the two met, what was behind their drive to document this sonic exploration and what kept them dedicated to the project. They share process of recording Heavenly Bodies, Repetition, Control and why visual artist John Smith is so important to the overall experience of the release. Joe urges them to take the record from a "studio project" to a "live project" and we hear a couple tunes. https://noblerotmusic.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/noble-rot-heavenly-bodies-repetition-control-curated-by-jasamine-white-gluz https://strangeprocess.com/index.php https://www.metzztem.com/ https://www.holyfuckmusic.com/

We're taking you on a proper experimental music workout this week, with a bumper pod filled with bumper music which you'll want to wring every last morsel of juicy good sounds from. From Canada's noble rot and the dungeon party music of VHS¥DEATH through to the absolutely stunning collaboration between Civililstjävel! and pod fave Cucina Povera, you won't want to miss a single second of this week's line-up. To get the full episode and ensure the podcast's future, please join our Patreon. Tracklisting Noble Rot – Casting No Light (self-release, Canada) VHS¥DEATH – Flagellation (Whipped Bound Records, UK) Rosso Polare – Albanella (Sagome, UK) Chino – Hologram (Pinkman, Netherlands) Gum Takes Tooth – Small Arms (Wrong Speed Records, UK) Mikado Koko – Le Feu Follet (self-releasee, Japan) Brigid Mae Power – Dream From the Deep Well (Fire Records, UK) Malphino – Moody Cumbia (Lex Records, UK) Civilistjävel! – Louhivesi (ft. Cuchina Povera) (FELT, Denmark) Quartz – Abstract (Hotline Recordings, UK) This week's episode is sponsored by The state51 Conspiracy, a creative hub for music. Head to state51.com to find releases by JK Flesh vs Gnod, Steve Jansen, MrUnderwSood, Wire, Ghost Box, Lo Recordings, Subtext Records and many more Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

Julius Roberts is a first generation millennial farmer and rising star of the food scene. In 2016 he gave up working at the acclaimed restaurant Noble Rot in London - and swapped the rat race for an idyllic life of pigs, goats and chickens instead.His first foray into farming was a small-holding in rural Suffolk and then last year he moved with his family to a farm in Dorset. His charm and humble approach to life on the farm have seen him amass an army of followers online as he shares the trials and tribulations of farm life alongside his menagerie of animals. Julius describes himself as a cook, farmer and gardener on a journey to self-sufficiency.Julius says his his aim is simple – "to educate his audience on topics including animal welfare and seasonal cooking".This was a lovely episode to record and I do hope you enjoy listening whether for the first time or again. Not long to go until our new season begins!See you soon, Margie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As rising temperatures supercharge the UK wine industry, Jaega Wise finds out what this means for winegrowing at home and abroad, and the mixed blessing climate change presents. She finds out how winegrowers, viticultural scientists and wine trade experts feel about the double-edged sword of climate change, and what the future might look like for the industry both in the UK and further afield. In Sussex, we hear from winemaking duo Dermot Sugrue and Ana Dogic about their estate Sugrue South Downs, and how warmer temperatures have improved the ripening capacity of the grapes used to make their award-winning sparkling wines – putting them on a par with Champagne according to some. Wine critic Jancis Robinson has tasted the benefits of climate change on English and Welsh wine over the course of her career, and believes parts of England now have the climate to produce excellent red wines too. Noble Rot's Dan Keeling, meanwhile, explains why he's excited for the future of UK sparkling wine, and why some producers now stand their ground next to world-class Champagnes in blind tastings. Viticulture climatologist Dr Alistair Nesbitt shares the findings of a recent study looking at the next two decades of wine production in the UK. He believes we will begin to see more and more UK still white and red wine on shelves in years to come, and argues that sustainable winemaking plays a crucial role in the industry's response to climate change. Producer Robbie Armstrong heads to Bordeaux to find out how one of the world's largest and most famed wine regions is adapting, following a year that saw extreme drought, wildfires and the use of irrigation for the first time in decades. He speaks to a leading researcher at the Institute of Vine and Wine Science about their experimental vineyard, and a winemaker planting grape varieties that are better adapted to rising temperatures. Presented by Jaega Wise. Produced by Robbie Armstrong.

Journalist and essayist Alice Feiring was proclaimed “the queen of natural wines” by the Financial Times. Feiring is a recipient of a coveted James Beard Award for wine journalism, among many other accolades. She has written for newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, New York magazine, Time, AFAR, World of Fine Wine, and the beloved winezine, Noble Rot. Her previous books include Natural Wine for the People; Dirty Guide to Wine; For the Love of Wine; Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally; and her controversial 2008 debut, The Battle for Wine & Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. Alice lives in New York and publishes the authoritative natural wine newsletter, The Feiring Line. Visit her online at TheFeiringLine.com.Photo Courtesy of Alice Feiring.Let's Talk About Food is Powered by Simplecast.