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Whither Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Part V: Michael Mondavi 10 Years On

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Fredric Koeppel
Dec 04, 2014
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When the Mondavi family sold the Robert Mondavi Winery to Constellation Brands in 2004, no one assumed that the children of patriarch Robert Mondavi (1913-2008) -- Michael, Tim and Marcia -- would roll over and find jobs outside the wine industry, say in teaching or

marketing or going to law school. No, wine and the Napa Valley were in their blood. Ten y…

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