Joe Biden: ‘Master of the toast’

Published February 9, 2024 10:58am ET



It is no big surprise that at the four State Dinners he has hosted so far that President Joe Biden hasn’t served Delaware wine. While it has been the tradition since former President Gerald Ford’s term to offer only American wines at the dinners, Delaware just isn’t known for its vino.

“Presidents often serve a wine from their home state,” said Frederick J. Ryan Jr., author of the newly released coffee table book Wine and the White House: A History.

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