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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, often using Jefferson's own words from hundreds of immensely readable and surprisingly modern letters on the subject. A new epilogue covers the ongoing saga of the alleged wine swindle involving bottles of Bordeaux purported to belong to Jefferson.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. PREFACE
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. pp. 3-27
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  1. Chapter One: EARLY WINES
  2. pp. 28-66
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  1. Chapter Two: THOMAS JEFFERSON GOES TO PARIS (1784–1787)
  2. pp. 67-119
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  1. Chapter Three: JEFFERSON STOCKS HIS PARIS WINE CELLAR (1787–1788)
  2. pp. 120-161
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  1. Chapter Four: JEFFERSON TOURS AND TASTES IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE RHINE, THE MOSEL, AND CHAMPAGNE (1788–1789)
  2. pp. 162-199
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  1. Chapter Five: THE RETURN TO AMERICA (1789–1800)
  2. pp. 200-254
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  1. Chapter Six: WINE IN THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE (1801–1809)
  2. pp. 255-319
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  1. Chapter Seven: RETIREMENT AT MONTICELLO (1809–1826)
  2. pp. 320-370
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  1. Chapter Eight: VINEYARDS AT MONTICELLO (1770–1826)
  2. pp. 371-395
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  1. EPILOGUE: The Latest Jefferson Controversy: A Mysterious Case of Bordeaux
  2. pp. 397-404
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  1. NOTES
  2. pp. 405-429
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  1. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  2. pp. 431-437
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  1. INDEX
  2. pp. 439-457
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