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.
We look forward to your participation.
THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 61stAnnual Grand Tasting | 2025 such an enjoyable success!
61st Annual Grand Tasting &
2nd Annual Silent Auction | 2025
Current Releases and Library Wines
Grand Tasting
62nd Annual Grand Tasting
Sunday, April 26, 2026
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
In Martini Park
at Louis M Martini Winery, Saint Helena
Fifty distinguished Napa Valley wineries will pour current releases and exclusive library wines, offering guests a rare chance to taste with the vintners and winemakers themselves. La Saison Napa is catering the event with its spectacular seasonal fare to complement the 100+ wines to be poured. A Silent Auction of 25 lots of select wines, tours and unique tasting experiences further supports the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection and wine education programs throughout the year.
By attending this remarkable event, guests join a community of wine enthusiasts and professionals dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of Napa Valley winemaking.
Wineries Pouring to Date:
By attending this remarkable event, guests join a community of wine enthusiasts and professionals dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of Napa Valley winemaking.
Wineries Pouring to Date:
Beau Vigne
Forgotten Union Wines
Green & Red
Grgich Hills
Missing Thorn
PARADIGM
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Rockmere Vineyards
Spottswoode Estate
Tomorrow Cellars
Forgotten Union Wines
Green & Red
Grgich Hills
Missing Thorn
PARADIGM
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Rockmere Vineyards
Spottswoode Estate
Tomorrow Cellars
Napa Valley Wine Library Collection Fund
Support the Napa ValleyWine Library Collection
Books on Wine
Books on Wine Sale
Thursday, December 4, 2025
All Day Event
Napa Valley Wine Library Wing At Saint Helena Public Library
1492 Library Ln #1143, St Helena, CA 94574
Thursday, Friday, December 4 & 5 from 10:00 am to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6 from Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Books on Wine Sale - wonderful bargains
For students, gift-givera, practitioners and collectora
Local, International, Unusual, Signed & Scintillating
Come SHOP
All proceeds benefit the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection.
Books on Wine
Evening with Author Elaine Chukan Brown
Thursday, October 30, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napa Valley Wine Library Wing At Saint Helena Public Library
1492 Library Ln #1143, St Helena, CA 94574
Reception: 5:00 p.m.
Program: 5:30 p.m.
Please join us for this exceptional opportunity to meet author and educator Elaine Chukan Brown. Currently, Elaine is the Napa Valley specialist for Wine Enthusiast and contributor to numerous wine compendia. Chris Howell, Winemaker and General Manager, Cain Vineyard & Winery, will interview Elaine, a world advocate for organic winegrowing. Cain's own farming practices were certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers in 2015.
The Wines of California "A concise, complete, smartly delivered and cohesive book for serious readers and students of wine. Focusing on the world's...
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
Friday, November 15, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Napa Valley Reserve
1000 Meadowood Lane, Saint Helena
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Book sales and signing with the Author
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.
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...
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