Walk into any wine shop and know what to buy.
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.
Pick Your Bottles is Noble Rot and Shrine To The Vine 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.
Whether you're after something intriguing for friends or an easy-going bottle for a Sunday lunch that drifts into the afternoon, Dan will help you choose wines that are delicious, distinctive, and better value than you might expect.
Love rosé? He'll take you beyond Whispering Angel to bottles with real character and none of the cliché. Across sparkling, whites, reds, and oranges, you'll sidestep predictable labels in favour of lesser-known treasures that won't punish your wallet.
This is a friend's recommendations to help you pick better bottles.
The more you read, the more you want to pour a glass. The ultimate dinner-party cheat sheet — just enough knowledge to sound effortlessly well-informed.Keira Knightley
Dan celebrates beautiful wines and their makers. Drink in his wise words and your table will be all the better for it.
Fergus and Margot Henderson
If you love a good tipple but can't be bothered with wine bores and their bullshit, this is the book for you. You're in the best possible hands.
Irvine Welsh
Foreword by John Niven.
Drink the Book
Pick Your Bottles: 100 Wines to Change the Way You Drink, by our co-founder Dan Keeling, is the first drinks book ever to be shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.
We’ve put together four cases featuring wines from its pages, available in limited quantities, with or without a copy of the book.
Dan wrote it for two friends who love wine but don’t want to spend a fortune or be lectured at. It features 100 wines, from an Artuke Rioja he still can’t believe is £15 to a Rinaldi Langhe Nebbiolo worth saving up for, each with something to cook alongside it. A case makes a great present for a friend who loves wine – or yourself.
