Wine Fight in T&C? It's a Natural

In the current issue of Town & Country is an article I wrote on why so many wine people are brandishing their corkscrews over what is a natural wine and whether they are intrinsically bad, good or somewhere in between. It's complicated.

'The Calling' Card: Nantz & Deutsch

On Friday, I traveled to Foxborough to interview CBS sports commentator Jim Nantz and wine importer and distributor Peter Deutsch about their new joint venture - the establishing of a new Sonoma-based brand of wines named "The Calling." We sampled the first releases, a Dutton Ranch Charbonnay and a Rio Lago Cabernet, and discussed what they've been thinking since they met by chance - or was it chance? - at a Greenwich restaurant a few short years ago. Read the full story next week in The Daily Meal.

Until the next time... Roger Morris

Books Fly Off the Shelves!

We are just launching The Brandywine Book of the Seasons, have sold a couple of hundred copies pre-launch and are now stocking it in northern Delaware and Chester County, PA, shops and stores as we write. You can buy it locally at 9th Street Books, Centreville Cafe, Janssen's Market, Va La Vineyards, Willowdale Shop, Hagley Museum, Winterthur Museum, Chester County Books, Market at Capers & Lemons, Apropos in Greenville - and more to come soon. Signings set up for Darden Bistro at U of D (Oct. 11), Fair Hill Inn (dinner, Oct. 19), Va La Vineyards (Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21) and Janssen's (Oct. 24). Check with these venues for details. Live out of town? Order through your bookstore.