{"id":21727,"date":"2024-12-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=21727"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:12:58","slug":"whos-afraid-of-romanee-conti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/whos-afraid-of-romanee-conti\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Afraid of Roman\u00e9e-Conti?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines.<\/h3>\n

\"Who'sBut who or what is Roman\u00e9e-Conti? It is an Appellation d\u2019Origine Contr\u00f4l\u00e9e (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the C\u00f4te de Nuits in Burgundy, with Pinot Noir as the primary grape variety. Wine from the vineyard is among the most sought after and costly in the world. At Sotheby\u2019s Beaune auction in July 2024, four new world record prices were set for Domaine de la Roman\u00e9e-Conti. Who\u2019s afraid of Roman\u00e9e-Conti? Me, or at least I was till this book put the wine into perspective.<\/p>\n

Wine can be daunting without an incisive guide. Who\u2019s Afraid of Roman\u00e9e-Conti? is a no-holds-barred voyage of discovery, from sourcing good cheap vino to drinking its most unattainable and holiest of grails \u2013 Roman\u00e9e-Conti \u2013 and the universe of interstellar wines that lie in-between. Take the guesswork out of great wine with Noble Rot\u2019s Dan Keeling.<\/p>\n

From new-school Burgundy, Barolo and Champagne to Tenerife, Corsica and Chianti, Noble Rot co-founder Dan Keeling visits some of the world\u2019s most renowned vignerons and vineyards on a quest to find out why some wines matter \u2013 and why many others don\u2019t. Throughout, he details the complex aspects of traditionalist wine culture, offering insights into subjects such as sulphur in winemaking, building a cellar, and many personal recommendations on what to buy for every pocket.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s Afraid of Roman\u00e9e-Conti?
\nAuthor: Dan Keeling
\nPublished by: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
\nPrice: \u00a330.00
\nISBN-13: \u200e978-1787139886<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Shortcut to Drinking Great Wines. But who or what is Roman\u00e9e-Conti? It is an Appellation d\u2019Origine Contr\u00f4l\u00e9e (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the C\u00f4te de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3483,3482,3484],"tags":[4466,4465,3],"class_list":["post-21727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-on-drinks","category-drink","category-drinks-reviews","tag-dan-keeling","tag-whos-afraid-of-romanee-conti","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21835,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21727\/revisions\/21835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}