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Vintner Robert Mondavi, 94, toasted as champion of US fine wines  May 17, 2008 ... Arnold Schwarzenegger said of him, "It is hard to imagine anyone having more ... He championed California but led his employees on grand tours of Europe to ... When, at a family council, Peter accused his brother of using winery money ... It was the first new winery in the Napa Valley since the late 1930s.
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A toast to the man who made Napa Napa - PressReader  Jul 27, 2016 ... Visiting wineries was not a new pastime in the 1960s, but Mondavi's tireless promotion of Napa and its wines helped turn the valley into the tourist mecca it is ... after feuding with his brother, Peter, Robert went out on his own at ... That led him to focus on quality in the vineyard and innovation in the winery.
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Peter Mondavi, Napa Valley Wine Pioneer, Dies At 101 : The Two ...  Feb 22, 2016 ... Peter Mondavi, together with his brother Robert, oversaw a revolution in ... In the 1960s, the Mondavi brothers had a well-publicized split over how to ... Robert Mondavi went off to establish a winery under his own name, while...
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Charles Krug - Wikipedia  Charles Krug (1825-1892) was among the pioneers of winemaking in the Napa Valley, California, and was the founder of the Charles Krug Winery. ... Robert Mondavi began his wine career there, until he founded his own winery in 1966. The winery still exists, and is owned by Robert's younger brother Peter Mondavi's family...
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Vintner Robert Mondavi, 94, toasted as champion of U.S. fine wines ...  May 17, 2008 ... His death was announced by the Robert Mondavi Winery. ... He championed California but led his employees on grand tours of Europe to see how ... When, at a family council, Peter accused his brother of using winery money frivolously ... It was the first new winery in the Napa Valley since the late 1930s.
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My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles by Alec Waugh  Reviews ...  Author, publisher, traveller, cricketer, lover of wine: Alec Waugh has been all these in the ... He is a warm person who knows a good friend when he sees one and is ... The son of Arthur Waugh, who spent over forty years at Chapman and Hall,...
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Australia Wine Producers We Love | Food & Wine  Food & Wine: Australian Wine Producers We Love: Barossa Valley ... medical practice outside Adelaide and prescribed wine to patients as a tonic. ... River region on Australia's southwest coast in 1970; their red blends soon garnered international acclaim. .... Its benchmark Octavius Shiraz is one of the country's finest wines.
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Full text of "The Austin Chronicle 2006-12-29" - Internet Archive  Dec 29, 2006 ... Post 9/1 1, we have openly embraced the old ways. ..... how these wines strike a balance between new and old world styles. ..... of the CTSIP report - one chapter in a family-commu- nity photo album. ...... Also this month, Texas Business for Clean Air was formed by real ...... 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, house.
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napaman.com: Napa Valley General  Feb 19, 2010 ... Over the last ten years, winemakers have even become celebrities; people collect ... Chiarello Family Vineyards, Roux Old Vine Petit Sirah, 2005 ..... Continuum generally retails for $140/bottle and Le Macchiole Paleo for $125. ..... a famous Paul Masson marketing line: We will sell no wine before its time.
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Raymond Vineyards | Napa Valley, California | Welcome to ...  Welcome to Raymond Vineyards located in the heart of Napa Valley. Call us for reservations at 707.963.3141. Be a Winemaker for a Day. The Blending Room...
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Napa Valley Viticulture: A Farmer's Outlook - Wines & Vines  [19] The recognition of Napa Valley as an American viticultural area in 1981 and the ... Vineyards were introduced to Napa Valley with the earliest European settlement ... Interestingly, viticulture continued during Prohibition with grapes sold and .... Another criterion for rootstock selection is resistance to disease and pests.
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Calwine.com Coupons: Save With October 2016 Coupon Codes ...  Enjoy big discounts with 1 Calwine.com coupons codes. ... Located in the heart of Napa Valley providing fine wines both New and Old World since 1995 on the...
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James Cavanagh - Chadwick Wine Consulting  I hugely admire what companies like Southcorp are doing, but let me tell you: if ... These brands did not fit into Diageo's increasing emphasis on marketing ... Robert Mondavi, at $481 million; and Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates at $366 million. .... California dominated the United States wine industry with over 800 wineries,...
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Blackbird Vineyards - Wikipedia  Blackbird Vineyards is a Napa Valley based winery. It is part of the Bespoke Collection. Founder Michael Polenske wanted to create a winery that focused on producing wines from Merlot grapes, which fits with the name "Blackbird," as merlot means "young blackbird", in French patois. ... Blackbird's proprietary red wine blend, Arise, features blackbirds sitting on a...
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E. & J. Gallo Winery  E. & J. Gallo Winery will remain a family-owned company that will be the leader in the ... 1933  September 22  Brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo founded a winery in ... world-class wines, spirits, and other alcoholic beverages for every occasion. ... business and our belief in the importance of living these values every day.
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Day Drinkers, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Roads ...  And for dessert, nothing could beat the Aglianico grapes we picked from a nearby vineyard. ..... They also say that Mr. Herve, behind the bar, has created 40 variations, and only the .... She gave me a 200ml Tetra Pak box of my favorite, Chamisul Classic, and that's ...... Day Drinkers, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo - Bibliofreak.net  Jan 30, 2016 ... Published in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic novel of mid-century mafia wars ... family in America  the novel opens at the wedding of Don Vito Corleone's daughter, Connie. Don Corleone  the godfather  is a man of tradition, of family values. .... If the aim of pulp fiction is to create a narrative that forces the reader...
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cooperatives  The Wine Economist  May 24, 2016 ... They say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and I think this applies to wineries, too. ... That 9 price won't seem like much to my Napa Valley friends, but it is ..... the best selling Italian wine in the country: Reunite on ice. So nice! ... of grapes could never have produced commercial quantities of wine...
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Napa Valley's top secrets - CNN.com  Nov 17, 2009 ... In the town of Napa, 18 tasting rooms stand within easy walking ... Although it has casually been dubbed California's wine country, Napa Valley is hardly the state's largest wine-producing ... 6523 Washington St., Yountville, 707/944-2000, napavalleyrailwayinn.com, from $125. 8. .... 3801 St. Helena Hwy.
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Barossa Valley and The Wines of South Australia | Wine Folly  Mar 31, 2016 ... Wine Folly is a growing educational resource with over 500 articles ... Despite the intense fruitiness to these wines, the highest quality wines from Barossa Valley are ... The dry oak-covered hills of Paso Robles are to Napa Valley as the ... Maybe I should shut up, and keep this place my secret treasure trove...
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Napa Wine Producers We Love | Food & Wine  Jack Cakebread launched his winery with the release of a 1973 Napa Valley Chardonnay. ... The cellar-worthy Napa Valley Pritchard Hill bottling is a star; the ... Napa's Inglenook (until 2011 called Rubicon Estate) represents the rebirth of a ... Founded in 1978 in Napa's Stags Leap District, Pine Ridge is best known for...