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Napa Valley and the Jeffersonian Ideal
Thomas Jefferson believed in the civilizing influence of wine and that a nation of farmers would transform the American landscape. Is the growth of viticulture in California’s Napa Valley the fulfillment of his vision or a rejection of it?
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Issue: Spring 2015 / Volume 91/2
Published: April 1, 2015
Peter Menzel is a photojournalist in Napa Valley, California, and the author of several award-winning books, including Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (Ten Speed, 2005) and Material World (Sierra Club, 1994). His photographs have been published in Le Figaro, Der Speigel, Focus, El Pais, National...