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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, he 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. Before wine, he worked in music — signing Coldplay and Lily Allen at Parlophone Records.