We cherish the history of our wine community in Napa Valley and the chance to provide wine appreciation
events throughout the year.
We look forward to your participation.

Early Bird Special
2025 | 61st Annual Grand Tasting
& Silent Auction
Join us in Martini Park at
Louis M Martini Winery
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Sunday May 18, 2025

*Regular price after February 28

Upcoming Events

 

61st Annual Grand Tasting & Silent Auction | 2025

— Current Releases and Library Wines —
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Hosted in Martini Park at
Louis M Martini Winery,
Saint Helena

3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

*Regular price after February 28

Join us in Martini Park at Louis M Martini Winery in Saint Helena with more than 100 wines made exclusively by Napa Valley wineries and poured by their winemakers are sure to please and provoke your palate.

The 61st Anniversary Grand Tasting also includes a silent auction of wines in standard and large formats.

Rain or shine, come savor this portrait in wine with our valley’s exceptional practitioners.

If you’re new to this event, take a look at our 2024 Grand Tasting »



Napa Valley Wine Library Collection Fund
Support the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection

Books on Wine Evening with Kelli A White
and her new book, Wine Confident; There’s No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine in conversation with Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible

Karen, a life-long colleague and friend, is sure to keep the conversation lively. Our two wine and vine meyvns are not to be missed.

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. …

2024 | Annual Wine Seminar
“Cabernet Sauvignon from the Historic Alluvial Fans of the Mayacamas in the AVA’s of Oakville, Rutherford & St. Helena”

An extensive exploration of this exceptional terroir on the Napa Valley’s westside with winemakers guiding our way, glass by glass as their 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is poured.

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.

The Lantern Slide Collection

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

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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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The Napa Valley Wine Library Collection
is housed at the St. Helena Public Library.
For information please be in touch with Cecila Raffo,
Technical Services,
Saint Helena Public Library
cecilia@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.”

We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all proceeds benefit the NVWL Collection and our public programs

Updated - 2/13/25