Books : Thomas Jefferson on Wine
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by: John Hailman
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9781578068418
ISBN: 157806841X
Label: University Press of Mississippi
Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 457
Publication Date: November 08, 2006
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Sales Rank: 15162
Studio: University Press of Mississippi
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In Thomas Jefferson on Wine, John Hailman celebrates a founding father's lifelong interest in wine and provides unprecedented insight into Jefferson's character from this unique perspective. In both his personal and public lives, Jefferson wielded his considerable expertise to influence the drinking habits of his friends, other founding fathers, and the American public away from hard liquor toward the healthier pleasures of wine.
An international wine judge and nationally syndicated wine columnist, Hailman discusses how Jefferson's tastes developed, which wines and foods he preferred at different stages of his life, and how Jefferson became the greatest wine expert of the early American republic. Hailman explores the third president's fascination with scores of wines from his student days at Williamsburg to his lengthy retirement years at Monticello, using mainly Jefferson's own words from hundreds of immensely readable and surprisingly modern letters on the subject.
Hailman examines Jefferson's five critical years in Paris, where he learned about fine wines at Europe's salons and dinner tables as American Ambassador. The book uses excerpts from Jefferson's colorful travel journals of his visits to France, Italy, and Germany, as well as his letters to friends and wine merchants, some of whose descendants still produce the wines Jefferson enjoyed. Vivid contemporaneous accounts of dinners at the White House allow readers to experience vicariously Jefferson's 'Champagne diplomacy.' The book concludes with an overview of the current restoration of the vineyards at Monticello and the new Monticello Wine Trail and its numerous world-class Virginia wineries. In Thomas Jefferson on Wine Hailman presents an absorbing and unique view of this towering historical figure.
John R. Hailman, a trial attorney and adjunct professor of law and literature at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, wrote a wine column that appeared in the Washington Post and in syndication for over a decade with Gannett News Service. Hailman has served as a judge at numerous international wine competitions for over twenty years.
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Rating:  - Better than I thought it would be !!
I bought this book a couple of weeks ago because it looked interesting. I really enjoyed reading this book from the very first page !! Has alot of interesting facts and I also learned alot about wines from Thomas jeffersons era. Also has alot of history about Jefferson that I was never aware of. Get this book if you can,.......... I am glad that I did !!
Rating:  - First class wine in 1776
Good read. This book provided an historical perspective I had not been exposed to before. The insight provided as to the difficulties of shipment, payment, location of goods, etc. was unique. This book is something of a biography of Jefferson and an insight into life and commerce in the late 1700's
Rating: - Gift not read by donor
Book purchased as gift for our son's birthday in September.
Book received in excellent condition in good time.
Rating: - History by the glass
What I was hoping for and got was a historical perspective on the man relative to the events of his time and how wine was viewed, served and distributed. In general the book is a great mix of all three although at times the inventory lists of wine in Jefferson's possession do not yield enough clues about him. Sometimes they are just lists. For those that want to try to at least purchase a little bit of history, the book is helpful in identifying French wineries that are still in existence from ... Read More
Rating: - THOMAS JEFFERSON ON WINE
This book is super for anyone interested in wine-to know what was going on in wine in Jeffersons time-some European wines that we drink today but were surly different at that time.Well written as well
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