Library Company founder Benjamin Franklin knew what was up when he said “The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.“

With this sentiment in mind, we wish you a happy #NationalWineDay! We have a feeling Ben would be celebrating. Cheers!

1867, An elementary treatise on American grape culture and wine making. / Mead, Peter B.  New York : Harper & Bros.

Library Company founder, Benjamin Franklin, knew what was up when he said “[t]he discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars." 

With this sentiment in mind, we present our first (and maybe only) Publishers’ Binding Thirsty Thursday feature. We hope Ben would be proud. Cheers!

1867, An elementary treatise on American grape culture and wine making. / Mead, Peter B.  New York : Harper & Bros.

To coincide with the unveiling of the Rare Wine Co.’s Library Company Madeira, LCP put together a mini exhibit highlighting some history of the wine made only in the Portuguese islands of their namesake.The “Old Madeira” bottle holds the seal of Peter von Scholten, Governor General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848.

[Two hand-blown Madeira Bottles, 1819 (left) and c1820 (right).  Loaned by Mannie Berk.]

Photo: Concetta Barbera

A boisterous bash of bibliophiles! #TBT to LCP, May 2, 1881.

Detail of [Ye Annuale Meetynge of ye members of ye Philadelphia Lybrarie Companie]

We do not know much about this drawing by the Philadelphia painter Colin Campbell Cooper, other than it looks like Annual Meetings of years past may have been a spectacle! But, what is better than a glass (or many glasses) of wine with a good book? Maybe it’s a bottle of Rare Wine Co. Madeira dedicated to the Library Company. You can find out more at our unveiling event this weekend.