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The entrance of Robert Mondavi Winery. Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi promoted labeling wines varietally rather than generically, which became the ...
Opus One Winery is a winery in Oakville, California, United States.The wine was called napamedoc until 1982 when it was named Opus One. The winery was founded as a joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi to create a single Bordeaux style blend based upon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Peter Mondavi Sr. (November 8, 1914 – February 20, 2016) was an American winemaker. Born to Italian immigrants Cesare and Rosa Mondavi, [ 1 ] as the youngest of four children, he moved from Minnesota to Lodi, California in 1922, when his father began a firm transporting grapes during the Prohibition. [ 2 ]
The knowledge he gained and shared benefited the young California wine industry. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Following Krug's death, James Moffitt Sr. purchased the winery in 1894. In 1943, Robert Mondavi persuaded his parents, Cesare and Rosa Mondavi, to purchase the inactive winery from Moffitt for $75,000.
The company later moved to a more premium wine portfolio, divesting Almaden Vineyards, Inglenook Winery, and the Paul Masson winery in Madera, California, in 2008, [22] and its value spirits portfolio to the Sazerac Company in 2009. [23] They sold 30 low-cost wine labels in January 2021 to E. & J. Gallo for $810 million including Clos du Bois. [24]
The dowry Bale left for her included 540 acres (2.19 km 2) of land north of St. Helena, California, on which Krug planted a vineyard and founded his winery in 1861. Charles Krug introduced innovative ideas in winemaking to California. He began making wine using a cider press for pressing, [3] carefully selected rootstocks, varietals and ...
The winery and tasting room is designed by Howard Backen and open to OneHope's members of the 20/20 Collective. [18] The 20/20 Collective, named in connection to their clear vision for the future, and the goal of growing to 2,000 people funding 20 significant acts of hope through joining as a "Visionary" at one of three levels, each offering ...
Moueix also owns Dominus Estate in Napa Valley, California. [3] Upon a recommendation by Robert Mondavi to establish production in Napa Valley, Moueix entered into a partnership with Robin Lail and Marcia Smith in 1982 on the historic Napanook Vineyards estate [4] and became the sole owner of the property in 1995.