The definitive wine lover’s guide to truffles, with tips from Kermit Lynch, Clare Smyth, Brett Graham and Carlotta Rinaldi (whose interstellar Barolo is fêted by the raving truffle pigs on the cover). Meet some of Burgundy’s most exciting new domaines and winemakers, including Charles Lachaux of Arnoux-Lachaux, Camille Thiriet and Domaine Dandelion. Dan Keeling interviews novelist Irvine Welsh, who reminisces about his little-known stint as a wine columnist for Marmalade magazine and the positive effects of European immigration on British food culture before you-know-what. A post-lockdown tour of Paris’ best restaurants and wine bars, including Septime and Parcelles.
The usual quota of wide-eyed wine and food wonderment, including Fay Maschler on cooking for dull people, Simon Hopkinson’s game bird accompaniments, Jon Bonné on the other side of Bordeaux, plus stories and profiles about Condrieu, pét nat, saltiness in wine, nobs spraying Champagne in nightclubs, and the obscure world of chicken Kiev Facebook groups, among much more. Someone’s gotta do it...