Upcoming Events
Friday, December 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, Noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday the library is closed
Monday, December 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Something for every wine and vine enthusiast, practitioner, student, and owner. New Books, Rare Books, Text Books, History, Biography, Chemistry, Art & Design, Guides to Wine Regions Around the World, How-To and How-Not-To Books of every sort.
Come shop for a friend or yourself or your staff.
All proceeds benefit the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection at Saint Helena Public Library.
• Cheques or cash only, credit cards cannot be processed at this time.
For Practitioners, Collectors, Students, and Enthusiasts: there is sure to be a perfect book for that certain someone. Great deals on new, gently used, signed and collectable books all for sale at the Saint Helena Public Library.
Save the Date
2025 | Annual Grand Tasting and Silent Auction
Louis M Martini Winery
Sunday, May 18, 2025
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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.
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.
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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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