Annual Events
2023 | 59th Annual Grand Tasting
— A Vintner’s Choice —
Sunday, April 30, 2023
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In The Grove at Silverado Resort & Spa
1600 Atlas Peak Road
Napa Valley
Our 59th Annual Grand Tasting features 50 prestigious Napa Valley wineries pouring wines selected from case productions of all sizes—from less than 50 to more than 3,000 cases with most from 1,000 or less. Wineries have been invited to pour two wines.
The tasting is outdoors in the Grove at Silverado—a beautiful setting for a truly delicious as well as educational afternoon. Expect to taste very special wines as you explore varieties, vintages, and wineries new to you and kindle friendships within our Napa Valley wine community.
Current Covid-19 protocols will be observed at this event.
If you are already a 2023 NVWLA Member wishing to purchase your personal Member Grand Tasting Door Pass - Contact Rick Brennen info@napawinelibrary.com
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Annual Grand Tasting In The Grove at Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa
2023 Wine Alliance Members to date are:
Save the Date
32nd Annual Wine Seminar
“Cabernets from Napa Valley’s Mountainsides, East and West”
Saturday, May 13, 2023
At Mayacamas Vineyards, Napa
REPORT Autumn 2021
In this printed issue
24 Color pages
Letter from the President
Carolyn Martini
Dorothy J Gaiter:
Summiting “Matterhorns”: How Two Men’s Calculated Risks Led to California’s Red Wine Triumph at the 1976 Judgment of Paris Tasting
30th Annual Wine Seminar
“Napa Valley’s Old Vines and the Wines They Give Us”
Moderated by Tegan Passalacqua and panelists
Kelli White, Historian
Mike Hirby, Relic Wine Cellars
Bob Biale, Robert Biale Vineyards
Tegan Passalacqua, Turley Wine Cellars
Morgan Twain-Peterson, Bedrock Wine Company
Rosemary Cakebread, Gallica
Editor’s Letter — Diana H Stockton
Organization and Membership Information
Reception to honor Stephen J. Krebs
Professor Emeritus of Viticulture at Napa Valley College
In Wine Library Wing of Saint Helena Public Library
Our program is in celebration of Dr. Krebs’ career at Napa College and his recent gift of his personal library, the Krebs Collection, to the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection at Saint Helena Public Library.
Books on Wine Evening:
Wine Library Wing of Saint Helena Public Library with
Tor Kenward, TOR Wines owner and author of
Reflections of a Vintner: Stories and Seasonal Wisdom from a Lifetime in Napa Valley
In his Reflections, Tor writes of an ever-developing vinous and culinary education, innumerable friendships begun, and a bird’s eye view of Napa Valley as it grows from less than 50 wineries in the 1970’s to nearly 1,000 today. Tor had spent nearly 30 years at …
Visual Oral History: Winemaking Pioneer Zelma Long
Zelma is one of California’s trailblazing female winemakers! As a student at UC Davis in 1970, Mike Grgich convinced her to put her studies on hold and join him at Robert Mondavi Winery. Her career led to executive positions at …
2022 | 31st Annual Wine Seminar
“A Mentor and his Students: Six Winemakers Share Their Experiences with Warren Winiarski While at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars”
Live and streamed at Frog’s Leap Winery
8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford
All are honored to share their mentee experiences with Warren and as mentors in their own careers and each has been invited to pour one wine.
Books on Wine Evening:
Wine Library Wing of Saint Helena Public Library with
James O. Gump, Professor Emeritus and author of
Maestro: André Tchelistcheff and the Rebirth of Napa Valley
History Professor Emeritus, James O Gump of University of San Diego, has been coming to the Napa Valley since the 1980’s. He and his wife were drawn to its beauty as well as its wines and would regularly travel up from San Diego. As Dr. Gump drew near retirement …
During these times of two yards of separation, we hope you will be in touch with our participating and hugely supportive wineries, be they favorites, new to you, or ones you’ve long been curious about.
We encourage you to take advantage of the special opportunities now being offered. Whether it’s to place an order for wine, sign up for a virtual tasting, or plan a visit.
The list of wineries that have taken part in recent events, been dollar supportive, or both:
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
editor@napawinelibrary.com
Membership information:
Rick Brennan
Accounts Manager
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The Napa Valley Wine Library Collection
is housed at the St. Helena Public Library.
For information please be in touch with Lynne Albrecht,
Technical Services Supervisor,
Saint Helena Public Library
lynne@shpl.org
“The purpose of the Napa Valley Wine Library Association is to collect and share the stories of the wines and vines of Napa Valley and in Wine Country Around the World.”
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