An Evening with Dan Keeling
Join us for a wine talk and tasting with Dan Keeling.
If you’ve ever stood in a wine shop staring at rows of unfamiliar names… If you’ve bought a bottle for its label and hoped for the best… If you’ve suspected there are extraordinary wines out there but can’t quite find them…
You’re right. There are.
Join Dan for an evening of conversation with Daniel Craig Martin of Higher Ground, where you'll learn how to not only select wine, but how to discuss it. Along the way, you'll sample a series of different wines and find out how to pick the best bottle.
About Pick Your Bottles: 100 Wines to Change the Way You Drink
'If, like me, you love drinking great wine but never know what to buy, this is the only book you’ll need' - Dolly Alderton, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love
'The more you read, the more you want to pour a glass and taste. The ultimate dinner-party cheat sheet — just enough knowledge to sound effortlessly well-informed' - Actress and national treasure, Keira Knightley
The former A&R man who co-created Noble Rot, the magazine and restaurant group that rewrote Britain’s wine culture — shares 100 wines to change the way you drink.
Pick Your Bottles is Noble Rot co-founder Dan Keeling’s guide to discovering them – the wines he loves to recommend.
His secret is simple: the most exciting wines come from real people in real places – not brands. Every bottle is one you can find now, most for under £50, and each comes with a food pairing and a short story about the people, places and traditions that make it worth seeking out.
It is written for anyone who wants to be able to walk into any wine shop and know what to buy.
The book distils the philosophy that made Noble Rot one of the most influential voices in modern wine. Since launching in 2013, it has grown from a magazine into a group of acclaimed London restaurants, building its name on making wine feel less intimidating and more enjoyable — more connected to food, travel and pleasure than to scores and ceremony.
Generous, practical and unsnobbish, Pick Your Bottles is both a buying guide and an invitation to explore, with advice on everything from serving temperatures and glassware to finding importers and merchants you can trust.
About Dan Keeling
Dan Keeling is a London-based writer, restaurateur, and wine merchant. He is the editor and co-founder of Noble Rot magazine and co-owner of three eponymous London restaurants, whose wine lists have won ‘Wine List of the Year’ at both the World Restaurant Awards and the National Restaurant Awards.
With Mark Andrew, a member of the Institute of Masters of Wine, Dan runs 'Keeling Andrew', a wine import company working with some of the world’s most compelling growers, alongside the Shrine to the Vine wine shops.
His books include Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti? (2024) and Noble Rot: Wine from Another Galaxy, which won the Guild of Food Writers’ Drinks Book of the Year in 2021.
His writing has appeared in FT Weekend and El País.