A humorous glance back at the history of wine will be offered by Jan Shrem, founder and proprietor of Clos Pegase winery, on Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis.

The public multimedia presentation of “Bacchus the Rascal, A Bacchanalian History of Wine Seen Through 4,000 Years of Art,” will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the institute’s Silverado Vineyards Sensory Theater. It will be followed by a public reception featuring Clos Pegase wines and an optional private wine pairing dinner at nearby Seasons Restaurant. The UC Davis Art History Program is co-sponsoring the event.

Shrem’s presentation, developed from a quarter century of research, was created as a survey of wine’s ancient sources and the art it has inspired. It begins with the birth of the grape and the origin of wine and meanders through more than 100 wine-related images by artists such as da Vinci, Rembrandt, Dali, Picasso and Chagall, finishing with a contemporary homage to wine.

Shrem has given the presentation throughout the country, including at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

The lecture and reception, only, cost $35 per person for the general public or $20 for Friends of the Robert Mondavi Institute and UC Davis staff, students and faculty. Cost is $60 for the wine pairing dinner, alone, and $80 for the lecture, reception and wine pairing dinner.

More information and registration are available online at http://robertmondaviinstitute.ucdavis.edu/an-evening-with-jan-shrem or by contacting Kim Bannister of the Robert Mondavi Institute at (530) 752-5171 or