Upcoming Events
Please join us for an extensive exploration of this exceptional terroir on the Napa Valley’s westside with winemakers guiding our way, glass by glass.
For event questions or more information:
Diana H Stockton – editor@napawinelibrary.com
For registration questions and assistance:
Rick Brennan – rick@napawinelibrary.com
Moderator:
Tegan Passalacqua
Turley Wine Cellars and Sandlands
Panelists:
Corison
Cathy Corison, Owner & Winemaker
Inglenook
Jon Tyer, Associate Winemaker
JJ Cohn Estate - Scarecrow
Celia Welch, Winemaker
MacDonald Vineyards
Graeme MacDonald, Owner & Winemaker
Spottswoode
Aron Weinkauf, Winemaker & Vineyard Manager
Vine Hill Ranch
Bruce Phillips, Owner & Vintner
Chef-prepared buffet lunch to follow.
Program support provided in part by a grants from the Napa Valley Vintners Association and Riedel Crystal of America.
Photos: Tim Kennedy, 2023 Wine Seminar
Books on Wine
Books on Wine Evening with Kelli A White
and her new book, Wine Confident; There’s No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine
Friday, November 15, 2024
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Book sales and signing with the Author
Book sales and signing with the Author
The Napa Valley Reserve
1000 Meadowood Lane, Saint Helena
Kelli White is the Director of Education for the Wine Center at Meadowood and the author of her award-winning Napa Valley Then & Now published in 2016.
In 2021, Kelli was the keynote speaker for our Annual Wine Seminar, “Napa Valley’s Old Vines and the Wines They Give Us,” and gave a wonderful history of wine grapes in the Valley.
Last year, in 2023 Kelli was in conversation with Karen MacNeil for a fireside chat at The Napa Valley Reserve in recognition of the publication of the third edition of Karen’s The Wine Bible.
Now, on November 15, 2024 Kelli takes part in another fireside chat at The Reserve, as its subject, in celebration of her recently published, Wine Confident: There’s No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine.
Save the Date
2025 | 61st Annual Grand Tasting
“Library Wines and Current Releases”
Louis M Martini Winery
Sunday, May 18, 2025
3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tasting and Silent Auction
Books on Wine Evening with Richard Mendelson
Common Ground: Charting the Future of the Napa Valley
with author Richard Mendelson and Kelli White,
Director of Education for the Wine Center at Meadowood
Richard, long-time Advisory Board member and local resident since 1986, shares with Kelli his sense of place and challenges he sees ahead for a commitment to excellence in farming …
Screening
Visual Oral History: Silver Oak
Screening of our Visual Oral History video in which Jeff Davis interviews David Duncan, CEO, Silver Oak.
A reception at the winery with Silver Oak wines and appetizers is followed by the screening. Q&A’s with David and Jeff conclude our program.
60th Annual Grand Tasting | 2024
— Current Releases and Library Wines —
At The Grove at Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa
Our Annual Grand Tasting brings together 60 prestigious Napa Valley wineries from 16 appellations. Meet owners and winemakers (often one in the same) as they pour their wines and celebrate varieties from case productions of less than 50 to more than 2,000.
Books on Wine Evening:
Wine Library Wing of Saint Helena Public Library with
Frances Dinkelspiel, author of Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards
Distinguished journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel discusses wine fraud and greed as she brings us up to date on Mark Anderson, her miscreant subject …
Books on Wine Evening:
Wine Library Wing of Saint Helena Public Library with
Randy Caparoso, author of LODI!: The Definitive Guide and History of America’s Largest Winegrowing Region
Both a photographer and journalist, Randy has been chronicling the vinous action of the Lodi AVA and the 7 AVA’s within it since 2010 for the Lodi Winegrape Commission. (These AVA’s date from 2005.) Randy’s subject is germane to Napa Valley …
2023 | 32nd Annual
Wine Seminar
“Cabernet from Napa Valley’s Mountainsides, East and West”
At Mayacamas Vineyards
On a wonderfully clear and bright fall Saturday in the matchless setting of the Winery Library and Hospitality Center of Mayacamas Vineyards & Winery, our panel of six winemakers moderated by Tegan Passalacqua presented a memorable history and tasting of their Cabernet sestet.
The Lantern Slide Collection
85 hand-tinted glass slides collected by
Frona Eunice Wait, ca. 1880, 35mm slide
copies taken by Gene Dekovic, 1981
February 4, 2022
Frona Eunice Wait (Mrs. Colburn) was an author and slide lecturer. Following the publication of her book Wines & Vines of California, in 1889 she lectured throughout the state on wine and viticulture. Dr. Maynard Amerine first met her in 1935. She later came to UC Davis to present her program. Her collection of historic lantern slides was entrusted to Amerine for safekeeping and he, in turn, donated the slides to the Napa Valley Wine Library in 1981. The collection documents the wineries, winegrowing and winemaking in Napa, Sonoma and Fresno Counties and the Livermore Valley in the 1880’s and includes some of the earliest images known of Inglenook Winery and Greystone Cellars.
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Events Information:
Diana H Stockton
Editor and Events Manager
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Rick Brennan
Accounts Manager
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