Wine and Words: Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
Fri, May 02
|Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum
with Jeffery Mckay
Time & Location
May 02, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
About the Event
Join fellow wine enthusiasts for an evening of Wine and Words with Jeffery Mckay. This talk on Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson explores their time in California, featuring an accompanying selection of California wines which reflect and add to their stories.
As you drive into Napa Valley from the south on Highway 12, a large sign greets you with a poetic tribute:
"...and the wine is bottled poetry." —Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous Scottish writer behind Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and his then new wife, Fanny, spent their honeymoon in the 1870s on an abandoned mining site atop nearby Mt. Veeder. His time in the valley left a lasting impression, enough for his words to be immortalized at its entrance.
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri delves into the remarkable relationship between Robert and Fanny. He was an ambitious…
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