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Nearly 500 linear feet of materials on the growth and development of the wine industry

The University of California at Davis holds an extensive collection of materials pertaining to the growth and development of the wine industry. The papers of individual wine researchers, merchants, and historians, and the archives of wineries, trade associations, and governmental agencies are represented. Collections in this subject category focus on grape growing, wine making, marketing, and distributing wine and other fermented beverages.

Ephemeral collections are continually supplemented and include broadsides, posters, newsletters, pamphlets, scrapbooks, labels, and realia. There are no geographical, chronological, format, or language limits. Related materials can be found under the headings of Agricultural Technology and Food Processing and Manufacture, in the University Archives under the Department of Viticulture and Enology, and in the rare book collections of the California State Board of Viticultural Commissioners and of the Inglenook Winery.

Collections

  • Adams, Leon David Papers

    (D-304)
    Reports and brochures from the Wine Advisory Board and Wine Institute, files for The wines of America, correspondence and clippings, wine cookbooks and ephemera. Bureau Chief, McClatchy Newspapers, San Francisco (1928-1935); organized and led the Wine Institute (1938-1954) and the Wine Advancement Board (1938-1954); author of The commonsense book of wine (1958), The commonsense book of drinking (1960), and The wines of America (1973).

  • Alley, Curtis Plant Physiology Lab Book

    (MC268)
    Alley's copy of "Laboratory Plant Physiology" by Bernard Meyer and Donald Anderson with extensive drawings, notes, and problem solutions by Alley. Lecturer and specialist in the Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis.

  • Amerine, Maynard A. Papers

    (D-060)
    Correspondence, manuscripts, wine labels, and pamphlets pertaining to the production of wine and spirits. Travel diaries, menus, photographs relating to the Viticulture and Enology Department, California wine industry, and wine research. Miscellaneous collected foreign and domestic wine labels. Correspondence with publishers, researchers, and enologists (1959-1960 and 1971-1973). Professor of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis; author, lecturer, bibliographer, and consultant on wine matters.

  • Baccigaluppi, Harry Papers

    (D-232)
    Papers, wine pamphlets, periodicals, books, clippings, and labels for grape products. Agent for California Grape Products Co., Ltd. (1922); Vice President and General Manager of Italian Vineyard Co. of Guasti, owned by CalGrape (1943); Vice President of CalGrape Products (1945); President of the Wine Institute (1948-50).

  • Bayard, Arnold A. Collection

    (D-005)
    American and European wine catalogs and French price lists, especially those from the Bordeaux region. President, M.L. Bayard and Co. (1941-1960). Internationally recognized wine connoisseur; founder of the Commanderie de Bordeaux sous Philadelphie.

  • Beaulieu Vineyard Records

    (D-758)
    The Beaulieu Vineyard Records document the history of the winery as well as personnel and family histories related to the vineyard and winery. Georges and Fernande de Latour founded Beaulieu Vineyard in the Napa Valley in 1900. During Prohibition, de Latour sustained BV’s wine production and sales by producing sacramental wines. Enologist André Tchelistcheff (1901-1994) arrived at BV in 1938 as the new winemaker. Under Tchelistcheff, BV continued to earn international recognition as a highly respected winery especially for California cabernet wines. This manuscript collection contains business records, marketing materials, correspondence, wine labels and menus, architectural records, news clippings, and photographs.

  • Beer and Brewing Ephemera Collection

    (D-616)
    Coasters, stickers, and a small amount of realia from local  breweries, cideries, and beer events.

  • Berg, Harold W. Papers

    (D-324)
    Correspondence, photographs, department minutes, lab manuals, newsletters, bulletins, articles. Professor of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis; co-author of The technology of wine making (1962).

  • Bioletti, Frederic T. Papers

    (D-363)
    Correspondence, research material, publications by Bioletti, an extensive set of publications by others on a variety of agricultural topics, and a small series of specimen photographs. Professor of Viticulture, University of California, Berkeley (1904-1908, 1910-1935)

  • Brady, Roy Collection

    (D-202)
    Collection includes wine labels, buyers' guides, bibliographies, directories, wine lists, menus, antiquarian booksellers' catalogs. It consists mostly of wine catalogs, some of which date back to 1835, and wine labels (over 50,000) with vintages back to 1790. It also includes notes on wines, and the people and events surrounding the wine industry. Collector of catalogs, lists, and other documents pertaining to wine merchants and antiquarian booksellers. He also collected restaurant menus and wine labels.

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