December 2014. When President John F. Kennedy once received a whole party of Nobel prize-winners in the Oval Office he told them that their presence represented the biggest concentration of human intellect in that building since President Thomas Jefferson had sat there alone during his own presidency, 1801-1809. Jefferson certainly was an exceptional man: lawyer, statesman, architect, oenophile, scholar, and all-round man of the enlightenment. [….]
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Wine & Health
Posted by Frank Ward on December 15, 2014
Posted in Oenophilia | Tagged: alcoholism, Duncan Selbie, health and wine, John F. Kennedy, spirits, Sweden, thomas jefferson | 1 Comment »