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Oct 15, 2026
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Register for this Event How Napa Wineries Became Icons
Join architectural historian Christine Madrid French for this virtual version of her richly illustrated Doors Open lecture on more than 150 years of Napa Valley winery design. From stone cellars and gravity-flow production to grand estates and modernist landmarks, this program shows how architecture helped transform agricultural places into the enduring visual identity of one of the world’s premier wine regions.
About Our Speaker
Christine Madrid French is an historian and advocate for the study and preservation of American architecture. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the University of Utah and the University of Virginia (MArH). She has worked as an historian for the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., the California Preservation Foundation, San Francisco Heritage, and directed the Modern + Recent Past Program at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in San Francisco. She is currently the executive director at Napa County Landmarks.
At the University of Florida, Christine taught courses at the College of Design, Construction and Planning and co-directed the first statewide survey “Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Florida (1945-75),” which was awarded a Documentation Award for Excellence by Docomomo-US. Over her career, she has raised more than $2.5 million for non-profit causes in art and architecture. Her book “The Architecture of Suspense: The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock,” focusing on the real-world histories of cinematic structures, was released by the University of Virginia Press and an excerpt of the Villain’s Lair chapter is featured in the October 2022 issue of Vanity Fair. Her book won an award for 2024 Best Portfolio from Booklaunch, a London-based publication.