Thomas Jefferson on wine
By: John Hailman.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9781604733709
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Knowledge -- Wine and wine making; Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Travel -- France; Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Travel -- Germany; Monticello (Va.) -- Social life and customs; Wine and wine making -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- History; Wine and wine making -- France -- History; Wine and wine making -- Germany -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early wines; title: Thomas Jefferson goes to Paris (1784-1787); title: Jefferson's tours the French wine country, stocks his wine cellar (1787-1788); title: Jefferson tours and tastes in the vineyards of the Rhine, the   Mosel, and Champagne (1788-1789); title: The return to America (1789-1800); title: Wine in the president's house (1801-1809); title: Retirement at Monticello (1809-1826); title: Vineyards at Monticello (1770-1824); title: Epilogue: The latest Jefferson controversy : the mysterious case of Bordeaux.