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Two Californian Chardonnays

'Have I gone mad?' asks Jancis Robinson as she selects the Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Chardonnay 2006 as her wine of the week. As one of the world's top wine commentators and a super-nice person to...

Vote Bob Joehnck for supervisor

The great wine maker, Robert Mondavi, passed away last week. His life's work has relevance to the future of our own community.

Robert Mondavi Dies at Age 94

Today, the maker of the greatness of American wine died at the age of 94. It has been said that Robert Mondavi is the single greatest contributer to the success of the American wine industry. It is...

Renaud Garcia-Fons - North American tour

We've blogged about the excellent bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons several times in the past on the blog (check out previous stories here, here, or here).  He's truly an amazing and innovative player...

Another Mondavi poster

Here's the second of the Mondavi posters that I blogged about in the post below. Still don't get the message, and the humour doesn't work for me. As an aside, I suspect the bit of the winery where...

Bizarre Mondavi campaign?

Snapped at Waterloo Station this morning: Mondavi Woodbridge have started a new poster campaign in the UK with what seems a rather bizarre message.The two posters I have seen so far are the one...

Andrea Learned: Marketing Wine: Gender, Generation or Knowledge?

Can we make assumptions about who feels most comfortable ordering or buying wine? At first glance, findings of a recent Harris Interactive/Robert Mondavi Private Selection study point to a...

Book Review: The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty by Julia Flynn Sile

Julia Flynn Siler's fascinating new book, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, begins and ends with sibling rivalry. Two brothers — Robert and Peter —...

Favorites List (Early Summer 2007)

I know it has only been a month or so since I posted my last favorites list, but I love pulling them together to share with you so I hope you don't mind. For starters, I'm excited to be able to...

Robert Mondavi Private Selection — 2005 Sauvignon Blanc

Sourced solely from coastal Californian fruit, Private Selection label wines seek to provide quality and affordability in the Mondavi portfolio.