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 fourth largest producer of wine California the book takes readers on a journey through the Golden State's wines, paying due attention to famous wine destinations such as Sonoma and Napa as well as introducing readers to exciting lesser-known regions to explore."
Wines at the reception include Sauvignon Blanc from Frog's Leap Winery, certified organic in 1989, Barney's Backyard Petite Syrah from Turley Wine Cellars, certified organic in 1996, and Cain Vineyard & Winery Cain Five.
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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 wine grapes in the Valley.
Last year, in 2023 Kelli was in conversation with Karen MacNeil for a fireside chat at The Napa Valley Reserve in recognition of the publication of the third edition of Karen's The Wine Bible.
Now, on November 15, 2024 Kelli takes part in another fireside chat at The Reserve, as its subject, in celebration of her recently published, Wine Confident: There's No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine.
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 wine grapes in the Valley.
Last year, in 2023 Kelli was in conversation with Karen MacNeil for a fireside chat at The Napa Valley Reserve in recognition of the publication of the third edition of Karen's The Wine Bible.
Now, on November 15, 2024 Kelli takes part in another fireside chat at The Reserve, as its subject, in celebration of her recently published, Wine Confident: There's No Wrong Way to Enjoy Wine.
Books on Wine
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
Thursday, March 21, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Napa Valley Reserve
1000 Meadowood Lane, Saint Helena
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Wines by The Napa Valley Reserve
Appetizers from Meadowood
Program: 6:00 p.m.
Richard Mendelson in Conversation
with Kelli White
Book sales and signing with the Author
In the splendidly vinous setting of The Napa Valley Reserve, 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, winemaking and the quality of day-to-day life in our Valley.
An internationally noted wine lawyer and author, Richard founded and directs the Wine Law and Policy Program, School of Law, UC Berkeley. He also lectures at UC Davis and the Universities of Aix-Marseille and Bordeaux.
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Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards
Frances Dinkelspiel, author of Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards
Thursday, March 21, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Napa Valley Wine Library Wing
Saint Helena Public Library
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 p.m.
Distinguished journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel discusses wine fraud and greed as she brings us up to date on Mark Anderson, her miscreant subject of Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California. Frances's research was done in part with the Napa Valley Wine Library Collection.
As Chris Howell of Cain Vineyard and Winery has put it, "Wine and fraud have been together since the beginning." Convicted arsonist Anderson died last March after nearly $250M in inventory had gone up in flames in his wine storage facility on Mare Island. Collectors, wine shops and wineries lost entire vintages and libraries in the safekeeping of Anderson, including wine from Frances's own family cherished for over a century. Please join us for a stirring presentation of a dark, tantalizing dimension of the business of making wine.
With wines from three wineries featured in Frances's book: Long Meadow Ranch, Saintsbury and Viader; and a book signing with the author after her talk.
Books on Wine
LODI!: The Definitive Guide and History of America’s Largest Winegrowing Region
Randy Caparoso, author of LODI!: The Definitive Guide and History of America’s Largest Winegrowing Region
Thursday, February 22, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Napa Valley Wine Library Wing
Saint Helena Public Library
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 p.m.
Both a photographer and journalist, Randy has been chronicling the vinous action of the Lodi AVA and the 7 AVA's within it since 2010 for the Lodi Winegrape Commission. (These AVA's date from 2005.) Randy's subject is germane to Napa Valley, given its many Lodi connections and years of sourcing Lodi fruit for its winemaking.
(Nearly 1/5 of all California winegrapes come from the Lodi AVA.)
Louis M Martini first bought Lodi fruit in 1906. Bob and Peter Mondavi moved from Minnesota to Lodi with their parents and sisters in 1921 to grow winegrapes. Turley Wine Cellars was founded in Saint Helena in 1993 and began making old vine wines from Lodi in 1996.
With wines from Lodi poured by their winemakers Melinda Kearney of Lorenza Wines and Tegan Passalacqua of Turley Wine Cellars and Sandlands
and a book signing with the author after his talk.
Books on Wine
Reception with Karen MacNeil in celebration of her third Edition of The Wine Bible
Thursday, February 16, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Reserve Napa Valley
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Program, Interview and Q&A's
On a mild winter's evening, in celebration of the third edition of The Wine Bible's publication, author Karen MacNeil was in conversation with Kelli White, Director of Education for the Wine Center at Meadowood. In the Hospitality Barn of The Reserve Napa Valley, a firelit reception with Champagne and The Reserve wines preceded Karen's storytelling in response to Kelli's adroit questioning of Karen about her career and the new edition. Book sales and signing with the author concluded a most memorable evening with these two distinguished wine mavens.
As a benefit of membership, there is no charge for the evening but seating is extremely limited and an RSVP is required to reserve your place on a first come, first served basis.
Books on Wine
Tor Kenward, TOR Wines owner and author of Reflections of a Vintner: Stories and Seasonal Wisdom from a Lifetime in Napa Valley
Thursday, November 3, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Saint Helena Public Library
5:30 p.m. Reception in the Courtyard
6:00 p.m. Program in the Napa Valley Wine Library Wing
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 Beringer when he and his wife Susan founded TOR Wines in 2001.
At our reception, TOR wines will join Barney's Backyard to savor along with cheese and crudité. Tor was a great friend of Barney Rhodes (the first president of NVWLA and its vineyard's namesake) so it will be a most felicitous pouring. Tor said he is really looking forward to seeing friends and neighbors and having lots of Q&As.
