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D Y N A S T Y U N C O R K E D
The House of Mondavi
The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
by Julia Flynn Siler
The Sweeping Saga of America’s First Family of Wine
Gotham, Hardcover: 464 pages
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Set in California’s lush Napa Valley, The House of Mondavi is a
tale of visionary genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal.
From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed
through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s 21st century
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battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist
Julia Flynn Siler brings to life the places and people in this
riveting family drama.
The blood feuds are as spectacular as the business triumphs. In
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the 1960s, Cesare's sons Robert and Peter, who together ran
their family’s Charles Krug winery, literally came to blows
during a dispute touched off by the purchase of a mink coat.
Robert's subsequent exile resulted in his founding the Robert
Mondavi Corporation—and setting off a revolution in American
winemaking.
At times as impetuous as their visionary father Robert, Michael
and Timothy for decades battled for control of the Robert
Mondavi Corp. Michael's expansive ambitions eventually led to
a board coup and a takeover by an international conglomerate,
run by another American wine dynasty.
A meticulously reported narrative based on more than five hundred
hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is bound to become a
classic of narrative nonfiction.
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