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Dan Keeling is an English food and wine writer, wine importer and restaurateur. He co-owns Noble Rot magazine, Noble Rot restaurants,[1] and UK wine importer Keeling Andrew.

Career

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Keeling began his career writing for music publications Melody Maker and Jockey Slut,[2] before getting a job in A&R at Parlophone Records, where he signed the British rock band Coldplay,[3][4][5][6][7] Athlete and Lily Allen.[8] Keeling then became Managing Director of Island Records[9] and signed English indie-rock band Bombay Bicycle Club.[2]

After leaving the music industry in February 2013, Keeling and business partner Mark Andrew co-founded wine and food magazine Noble Rot. Regular contributors include Marina O'Loughlin and John Niven and guest interviewees have included Ed Balls, Brian Eno, Keira Knightley, Kano and Caitlin Moran.[2][10]

In 2015, Keeling and Andrew opened their first restaurant, Noble Rot Restaurant & Wine Bar on Lamb’s Conduit Street in London.[11] The restaurant won the award for the best wine list at the National Restaurant Awards from 2016 to 2018,[12] and won the 2019 award for best red wine serving restaurant at the World Restaurant Awards in Paris.[13]

Their first book, The Noble Rot Book: Wine From Another Galaxy published in 2020,[14][15][16] won the 2021 Drinks Book Award from the Guild of Food Writers and was nominated at the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards in the Beverage without Recipes category.[11][17][18]

The pair opened a second Noble Rot restaurant in the former site of The Gay Hussar in Soho in September 2020[19][20][21] and a third restaurant in Shepherd Market, Mayfair, in April 2023. [1][22][9]

Keeling was awarded Emerging Wine Writer in 2015[23] and Food & Drink Writer in 2017[24] and 2018[25] at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards. He has also won the Fortnum & Mason's Drink Writer of the Year winner in 2016. [26] Since 2018, he has written for the Financial Times.[27]

Bibliography

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The Noble Rot Book: Wine From Another Galaxy, Hardie Grant, 2020 (ISBN 9781787132719)

Who's Afraid of Romanee Conti?, Hardie Grant, 2024 (ISBN 9781787139886)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Noble Rot | About". Noble Rot. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ a b c Mclaughlin, Aimee (2020-11-18). "Noble Rot is on a mission to demystify the world of wine". Creative Review. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ Garfield, Simon (2005-05-22). "Cold comfort". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ^ Browne, David (2001-03-16). "Uncommon Coldplay". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ Power, Ed (23 June 2020). "'They were a little bit naff': How Coldplay's 'Yellow' altered the course of 21st-century rock music". Independent.co.uk.
  6. ^ Hall, James (2018-01-11). "How Coldplay became the world's comfort blanket". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  7. ^ "Episode 118: Dan Keeling: Co founder of Noble Rot, restaurateur and the man responsible for discovering Coldplay on". Desert Island Dishes. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  8. ^ Cumming, Ed (2023-05-18). "'Wine has elitist overtones in the UK – the nub of it is they're just farmers'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  9. ^ a b Olesker, Max (2023-04-06). "'We're Firm Believers That Wine Should Be Drunk': Behind Noble Rot's Ambitious Move to Mayfair". Esquire. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  10. ^ "Noble Rot MAGAZINE". Noble Rot. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  11. ^ a b Langley, Edwina (2015-11-13). "From pages to pouring: Noble Rot magazine team launch Bloomsbury wine". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  12. ^ "Noble Rot Soho". National Restaurant Awards. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  13. ^ Douglas, Ellie (2019-02-19). "Winners at the inaugural World Restaurant awards 2019". Decanter. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  14. ^ Fabricant, Florence (2021-03-15). "Old World Wines Are Savored in 'Noble Rot'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  15. ^ Lurario, Joe (2020-12-01). "Book review: Wine From Another Galaxy". restaurantonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  16. ^ Morgan, Issariya (2020-11-17). "A review of Wine from Another Galaxy by Noble Rot". Berry Bros. & Rudd Wine Blog. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  17. ^ "Awards 2021 Winners". www.gfw.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  18. ^ "Here are the 2022 Media Award Nominees | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  19. ^ Hayward, Tim. "The legendary Gay Hussar restaurant gets a makeover". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  20. ^ Smithers, Rebecca (2020-09-12). "Gay Hussar restaurant ditches old-time spicy gossip for modern Soho vibe". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  21. ^ Brennan, Ailis (2020-09-11). "Noble Rot confirms September opening date for new Soho restaurant". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  22. ^ Maschler, Fay (2023-09-11). "At Noble Rot, Fay Maschler finds a menu full of temptation to match its noteworthy wine". Tatler. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  23. ^ "LRIWWA 2015 winners announced". Maisons Marques et Domaines. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  24. ^ Mercer, Chris (2017-09-13). "Roederer Awards 2017: See the winning wine writers". Decanter. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  25. ^ "The Winners of the 2018 Louis Roederer Wine Writers' Awards are announced". Maisons Marques et Domaines. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  26. ^ "Fortnum & Mason Awards - Previous Winners". www.fortnumandmason.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  27. ^ "Dan Keeling". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.