Marginalia
March, 2007
FROM A BOOKreview by Jay Mclner-ney of John Hailman's Thomas Jefferson onWine: "Jefferson is usually assumed to be a Bordeaux man, in part because he wrote about it most and in part because Bordeaux seems like the wine that reflects his character; Bordeaux is an Apollonian wine, a beverage for intellectuals, for men of patience and reason. There are few surprises in Bordeaux. Burgundy, on the other hand, is a wine to engage the emotions more than the intellect, a wine for the lunatic, the l...
