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The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
Gotham
June 2007
On Sale: June 19, 2007
464 pages
ISBN: 1592402593
EAN: 9781592402595
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family
that built-and then spectacularly lost-a global wine
empire 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. 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-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. A meticulously
reported narrative based on thousands of hours of
interviews, The House of Mondavi is bound to become a
classic.
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