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Now Viewing: Chateau Haut Brion
"Thomas Jefferson, then an envoy from the United States to Paris, came to Haut Brion on May 25, 1787...In a letter to John Bondfield, honorary American consul in Bordeaux, Jefferson wrote: 'Haut Brion is a wine of the first rank and seems to please the American palate more than all the others that I have been able to taste in France.' His correspondence shows that, thanks to his gifts and counsel, the wines of Haut-Brion were served at the White House not only by Jefferson when he was president, but by Presidents Washington, Madison, and Monroe as well."
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