Thomas Jefferson's Notes on Wine by Julian P. Boyd, (April 1960), E332.2 .A5 1960A

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Scope and Contents

Extracts from Jefferson’s journals of his travels in southern France in 1787, in which Jefferson describes in great detail the landscape and soil; various vineyards, including La Baraque, Chagny, Dauphine, and Bordeaux; red and white wines and their vineyard of origin, cultivation, quality, and costs of production and shipment. [Images: Thomas Jefferson in 1800 by Rembrandt Peale; Château de Chagny, between Beaune and Chalons]