John Hailman of Oxford is a regular contributor to Hottytoddy.com on two subjects: Law and Wine. Now retired from both his “day job” as a federal prosecutor in Oxford after 33 years and his “night job” of 25 years as a nationally syndicated daily columnist in more than 100 daily papers on wine, food and travel for Gannett News Service and the Washington Post, Hailman will cover both topics under the titles of The Legal Eagle and Wine Tips of the Week. 
A few weeks ago, I promised to tell the story of the “Father of California Wine,” the incredible Agoston Haraszthy, who brought the Zinfandel grape to California and founded Buena Vista, the winery that makes some of the best wines now available. Some readers have repeatedly reminded me of that promise, and I herewith make [...]
Ancient Romans liked their wine. In Pompeii, their resort near Naples, there were more than 100 wine bars and 20 wine shops in a city of 20,000. We know this because a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius suddenly buried the city under nine feet of ash in A.D. 79. Many Pompeians were buried alive [...]
Everyone needs heroes. Mine have varied from Lawrence of Arabia to baseball player Rod Carew, depending on my age and condition at the time, but one has stood the test of time: Sherlock Holmes. Of all fictional characters, this English detective exemplified enjoyment of life at its best. Sherlock Holmes was the first man I [...]
Like most of the founding fathers, George Washington was a great wine lover, which bears remembering on his birthday. The fact is too little known today because political myth has long required that he be dehumanized into a goody two shoes, which he never was. In spite of stereotypes, Washington’s favorite supper was a bowl [...]
Much has now been written of that great wine lover Thomas Jefferson, and of how he taught George Washington about French wine. But less is written of the man who taught Jefferson about French wine: Ben Franklin. In 1784, when Jefferson went to Paris as American Commissioner, Franklin had already been there for eight years [...]
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