Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy on the Monticello Wine Trail
Hailed as America’s “first distinguished viticulurist”, Jefferson’s vineyard cultivation journey was apparently marked more by struggles than successes.
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Hailed as America’s “first distinguished viticulurist”, Jefferson’s vineyard cultivation journey was apparently marked more by struggles than successes.
The scenery for this vineyard on the Monticello Wine Trail was everything I hoped for: stunning Blue Ridge Mountains, vineyards, and flowers!
Mazzei wrote: t…the best wines in the word will be made there…I do not believe that nature is so favorable to growing vines in any country as this.