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.

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.