In honor of today’s Presidential Election, here are some quotes from our third President and oenophile, Thomas Jefferson, about wine…
“Good wine is a necessity of life for me.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“I have lived temperately….I double the doctor’s recommendation of a glass and a half of wine each day and even treble it with a friend.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“By making this wine vine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“Wine, from long habit has become an indispensable for my health”
~ Thomas Jefferson
Until next time…à votre santé! And VOTE!
