false 441845 6 <B>An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built&#151;and then spectacularly lost&#151;a global wine empire</B> <P> Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama. <P> The blood feuds are as spectacular as the business triumphs. Cesare's sons, Robert and Peter, literally came to blows in the 1960s during a dispute touched off by the purchase of a mink coat, resulting in Robert's exile from the family&#151;and his subsequent founding of a winery that would set off a revolution in American winemaking. Robert's sons, Michael and Timothy, as passionate in their own ways as their visionary father, waged battle with each other for control of the company before Michael's expansive ambitions ultimately led to a board coup and the sale of the business to an international conglomerate. <P> A meticulously reported narrative based on thousands of hours of interviews, <I>The House of Mondavi</I> is bound to become a classic. 1434115 19 6 2007 The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty total:295|5:37|4:108|3:115|2:29|1:6| 295 1026 541 124 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 09:01:57 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 09:02:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:10:50 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:11:01 -0800 2009
Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 03 18:14:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:14:37 -0800 2009 A history of the Mondavi wine empire, July 1, 2007


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