In a very informative article at the website of The Wine Spectator, Ben O’Donnell tells us of the preferred wines of Presidents Nixon and Reagan. O’Donnell interviews current White House director of food and beverage Daniel Shanks, who left Napa’s Domaine Chandon to take that post starting in the Clinton administration.
Shanks and O’Donnell give us a glimpse of the wines that are drunk during state dinners, and tell about the change from French wines to American ones in the White House cellars.
Read more in Red Wine, White House
