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When Thomas Jefferson stated 'We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly the same kinds, but doubtless as good,' he could have been talking about the future of America itself. Set against the backdrop of Jefferson's Monticello, the great wine regions of France, the Napa valley and the historic Virginia landscape The Cultivated Life: Thomas Jefferson and Wine guides the viewer on a visual journey of the life of the founding father of American viniculture.
From Jefferson's early experiments with Italian vignerons at Monticello, to his grand tour through France and Italy, through his years in the White House, and then his later efforts in retirement, The Cultivated Life: Thomas Jefferson and Wine culminates with the realization of Jefferson's dream of producing first-rate American wine; first in California, and now in his native Virginia.