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An American President with Wine-Passion<\/h2>\n

\u201cPeople who live where wine is cheap don't get drunk. Where wine is expensive and strong spirits are used instead of wine, no one is sober.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\u015earap\"Yukar\u0131daki s\u00f6z, ba\u015fl\u0131ktan da tahmin edece\u011finiz gibi, Thomas Jefferson\u2019a ait. Amerikan Ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131k Bildirgesi\u2019ni kaleme alan ve A.B.D.\u2019nin \u201ckurucu babalar\u0131\u201dndan birisi olan Jefferson ayn\u0131 zamanda 8 y\u0131l s\u00fcreyle ba\u015fkan olarak \u00fclkesine hizmet etmi\u015f. Elbette \u00fclkelerin politikalar\u0131 hem dahil\u00ee hem de haric\u00ee nedenlerle zaman i\u00e7inde de\u011fi\u015fimler g\u00f6sterebiliyor. \u015earaba yukar\u0131daki ifadesiyle ne kadar yak\u0131n durdu\u011funu g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcm\u00fcz bir ba\u015fkan\u0131n y\u00f6netti\u011fi ayn\u0131 Amerika, 1920 y\u0131l\u0131nda ba\u015flay\u0131p ancak 1933 y\u0131l\u0131nda sonland\u0131r\u0131lan PROHIBITION (Alkol Yasa\u011f\u0131) gibi ba\u015fka bir ucube d\u00f6nemi de ya\u015f\u0131yor. Ama bu ba\u015fka bir yaz\u0131n\u0131n konusu.<\/p>\n

The importance of Thomas Jefferson for us is his strong bond with wine. Jefferson was an intellectual who can look at wine from many angles. At the forefront of these is the identity of a wine-lover, who knows wine like a professional and keeps this knowledge alive with an amateur passion throughout his life. He acquired the information first hand during his years in Paris, where he was the newly appointed ambassador to the United States. During this duty, thanks to the trips he made to the wine regions of France, he both made on-site observations and had the opportunity to establish direct contact with the producers.<\/p>\n

\"\u015earap\"The second characteristic of Jefferson is that he realized very early on the wine potential of his young country, of which he was one of the founders. His identity as a visionary statesman taught him that true independence is agricultural self-sufficiency. He realized early on what could happen to them if they depended on imports, that is, on products from other countries. As an application of this principle, he had 193 acres of his own land prepared and planted as a vineyard. Although he did not get positive results from these attempts, he did not lose hope. As a matter of fact, a few years later, the Italian immigrant Mazzei, with whom Jefferson collaborated on wine, succeeded in producing two barrels of wine from six varieties of wild grapes of the region. Although the adventure at that time was not carried out as a commercial activity, the activity continues in the same region today under the name \u201cJefferson Vineyards\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jefferson's suggestions as a wine expert could have been made by only a handful of appraisers of that era. When the first acquaintance with wine was left behind and he started to buy wine with the experience he gained in France, his first recommendation to everyone was to make their purchases directly from the producer. The main reason for this was that forgery in wine was rampant.<\/p>\n

Records show that during the eight-year period he later sat in the President's Chair, White House purchased expertly-chosen wine mostly from distinguished French producers, amounting to 16,500 USD (estimated to be 300-350,000 USD in today's value).\n\nWhen we look back, we see parallel lines between Jefferson\u2019s and Ataturk\u2019s, the founder of Turkish Republic, approach about becoming self-sustaining agricultural countries.\n\nBuilding up an \u2018Experimental Farm\u2019 in the middle of Ankara, assigning Turkish Monopoly Company to start wine production are the two samples that come to mind. Maybe in the future we will see the days when the same understanding is dominant again in our country.<\/p>\n

For an article about Jefferson\u2019s wine love:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2008\/09\/28\/95087999\/thomas-jeffersons-love-affair-with-wine<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas Jefferson\u2019\u0131n o 1787 seyahatnamesinde \u015fekillenen teruar ke\u015fifleri, s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131 a\u015fan o k\u00fcresel enoloji vizyonu ve \u015farab\u0131 ayd\u0131nlanman\u0131n ne\u015feli bir par\u00e7as\u0131 k\u0131lan o asil damak haf\u0131zas\u0131 ilginizi \u00e7ekiyorsa, blogumuzdaki di\u011fer nitelikli k\u00fcresel ve tarihsel ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131m\u0131za da g\u00f6z atabilirsiniz:<\/p>\n