The earliest evidence of wine cultivation is from Georgia and Iran (5000 BC), and from Sicily (4000 BC). New World wine has some connection to alcoholic beverages made by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, but is mainly connected to the later Viking area of Vinland and Spanish traditions in New Spain. In early Virginia, Thomas Jefferson famously declared that wine was “a necessary of life.” Please join us for this week's livestream as the brilliant Bill Barker explores how Mr. Jefferson became one the most knowledgeable wine connoisseurs of his age.