American Wine Documentation Project
name: label: Interviewer
content: Edwards, Nanci
label: Interviewer
content: Fleckner, John A., 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Green, Rayna, 1942- (Curator)
label: Interviewer
content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Red, White, and American (symposium, Washington, D.C. 1996).
label: Interviewee
content: Abreu, David
label: Interviewee
content: Barrett, James L. , 1926-2013
label: Interviewee
content: Black, Hollis
label: Interviewee
content: Black, Pat
label: Interviewee
content: Black, Tom, 1959-
label: Interviewee
content: Brambila, Gustavo
label: Interviewee
content: Browning, Keith
label: Names
content: Crew, Spencer R., 1949-
label: Interviewee
content: DePuy Dickenson, Joanne, 1927-
label: Interviewee
content: Dias Blue, Anthony
label: Interviewee
content: Draper, Paul, 1936-
label: Speaker
content: Foley, Dennis
label: Interviewee
content: Gallagher, Patricia
label: Interviewee
content: Gates, David S.
label: Interviewee
content: Grgich, Mike (Miljenko), 1923
label: Interviewee
content: Herrera, Rolando
label: Interviewee
content: Kinzbrunner, Rick
label: Interviewee
content: Kuhn, Ron
label: Speaker
content: Levenstein, Harvey A., 1938-
label: Interviewee
content: Mandy, Steven , Dr.
label: Interviewee
content: Orr, James
label: Interviewee
content: Robledo, Reynaldo
label: Interviewee
content: Schuster, Danny
label: Interviewee
content: Spurrier, Steven
label: Interviewee
content: Taber, George
label: Interviewee
content: Winiarski, Warren, 1928-
topic: label: Topic
content: Wine industry
label: Topic
content: Wine and wine making
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Some of the materials were generated by the Smithsonian Institution, such as those in series 1 through 3.  Others were given by separate donors between 1996 and 2002.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Edwards, Nanci
label: Interviewer
content: Fleckner, John A., 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Green, Rayna, 1942- (Curator)
label: Interviewer
content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: American Wine Documentation Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The American Wine History Project began in 1996 with the intention to document the history of American winemaking, mainly for the post-1950 period.  While the project includes winemaking areas around the country, the focus has been on northern and central California. The Project explores the convergence of craft, culture, science, technology, and the environment in modern American winemaking. In conjunction with the project, the Smithsonian held a 2-day symposium, "Red, White and American," with a small accompanying exhibition, entitled, "Doubtless as Good: Jefferson's Dream for American Wine Fulfilled," in 1996 and began gathering objects and other documentation.  

Since 1997, National Museum of American History staff members have traveled to California to conduct interviews, take photographs and video footage, and gather materials for the Smithsonian collection from grape growers, winemakers, winery owners, and others important to the business, including wine writers and chefs.  Some of the materials were generated from events in Napa, such as the collectors and wine writers events, that were held specifically for the purpose of adding documentation to the Smithsonian project.  The documentation project is on-going so materials will continue to be added to the collection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-2005
label: Date
content: bulk 1996-2001
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: A project conducted by the National Museum of American History, 1996-2002, to document the growth and development of the American wine industry. Done in conjunction with a symposium held at the Museum in 1996 entitled "Red, White and American".
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0817
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Print advertising
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Videotapes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Red, White, and American : Wine in American History and Culture Records, 1976-1996

Series 2: Collections Event, 2001

Series 3: Reflections: A Day in the Life of a Wine Writer Event, 2002

Series 4: Interviews, 1997-2001

Series 5: Printed Materials, 1997-2001

Series 6: Visual Materials, undated

Series 7; Interviews, 2013
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Cindy Ott, 2002 and John Fleckner, 2015
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1980-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Print advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- 1980-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is divided into six series.  It includes mostly printed materials and interviews, and dates from approximately 1976 to 2005. There are wine-related event materials, interview transcripts and audiotapes, printed material and histories from people and institutions representing a wide spectrum of the wine business.  Wine-related objects, such vineyard and winery tools, are stored with the Museum's artifact collections; documentary materials are held in the Archives Center.  
 
Materials from each special event are organized into separate series, which contain records generated at the events and interviews.  Series one contains the "Red, White and American Records," series two the "Collectors Event," and series three the "Wine Writers Event."  Interviews conducted independently of these events are included in series four. All of the interviews have been partially transcribed and include an abstract and various forms of audiotapes and discs.  Series five is composed of printed materials that relate to both specific individuals in the wine business and to more general American wine topics.  Most of this material consists of photocopies of original articles.  There are also files with materials by and about specific wine writers, such as Anthony Dias Blue, William Heinz, and Dick Rosano. Series five also contains an original telex of  George Taber's article about the 1976 Paris Tasting.  Series six consists of visual materials, including two landscape photographs of an vineyard in Oregon and two videotaped documentaries on Napa.