The Lantern Slide Collection
February 202285 hand-tinted glass slides collected by Frona Eunice Wait, ca. 1880, 35mm slide copies taken by Gene Dekovic, 1981Frona Eunice Wait (Mrs. Colburn) was an author and slide lecturer....
Savor: California’s Vanishing Chardonnay
November 2020Will be presented via Zoom UC DAVIS Tueday, November 10, 2020 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Climate change is making it increasingly difficult to grow grape varieties...
Renowned Viticulturist’s Papers to Be Digitized
February 2020Professor Emeritus Harold Olmo played an integral role in establishing UC Davis' international reputation in wine. (Academic Technology Services Photographs Collection, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library)UC Davis...
Remembering Harold Olmo: The ‘Indiana Jones of viticulture’
January 2020A map of the areas traversed by Dr Harold P. Olmo in 1948. Credit: BMC Plant BiologyDecanter Magazine January 16, 2020A $200,000 donation from the owners of Napa Valley's...
Stories Behind Historic “Judgment of Paris” Wine Tasting Illuminated in New UC Davis Library Collections, Exhibit
October 2019André Tchelistcheff, the "dean of American winemakers", and his wife Dorothy raise a glass (UC Davis Library/Archives and Special Collections)UC Davis Library October 10, 2019New collections acquired by...