White House Wines Shouldn't Be Top Secret
The state dinner wine lists should be a matter of good taste and national pride
Posted: Mar 20, 2012 3:30pm ET
>p>I like knowing that wines are served at White House dinners to the president and his guests. I'm curious and I consider it a matter of national pride.
Therefore, I found it both odd and out of character for the White House to recently announce that it would no longer disclose which wines were being poured for dignitaries. It's a terrible idea, and what's to stop dinner guests from reporting the selections afterward, as one recently did after attending the state dinner held for British Prime Minister David Cameron?
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