Book Review: James M. Gabler: Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson

Robert N. Stavins

Chapter 34 in Economics of Environment, Climate Change, and Wine:Selected Papers of Robert N Stavins, Volume 3 (2011–2023), 2025, pp 763-766 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: JAMES M. GABLER: Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson. Bacchus Press, Palm Beach, 2016, 348 pp., ISBN 978-1533034700 (paperback), $25.00.Having only recently read Ron Chernow’s excellent biographies of Alexander Hamilton (Chernow, 2004), George Washington (Chernow, 2010), and Ulysses S. Grant (Chernow, 2017), I was eager to read a biography of Hamilton’s great political opponent, George Washington’s talented Secretary of State, and — of course — the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Instead, I “changed it up,” as my son would say, by reading this work by James Gabler that promised from its title to combine my armchair fascination with American history and my abiding interest and love of fine wine…

Keywords: Climate Change Economics; Climate Change Policy; Wine Economics; Environmental Economics; Energy Economics; Natural Resource Economics; Energy-Efficiency Gap; Climate Negotiators; Carbon Pricing; Carbon Pricing Policy; Greenhouse; SO2 Allowance Trading System; Clean Air Act; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Durban Climate Talks; The Paris Agreement; Terroir (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q5 Q54 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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