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| The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty | 
 enlarge | Author: Julia Flynn Siler
Publisher: Gotham
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 50583
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 1592403670
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.766320092273
EAN: 9781592403677
ASIN: 1592403670
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Magnificent and Gracious August 19, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I met Robert Mondavi during a Stanford University telephone bank fundraising session at the winery during the mid 1990's. Of course, the fundraising session was coupled with wine tasting and an exquisite dinner. I have two words to describe Robert Mondavi: magnificent and gracious.
I believe that this book captures these two descriptors of this great man. It was an excellent book, well researched and consistent with the flavor of the events as I understood them at the time. In fact, I couldn't put it down.
Spellbinding August 14, 2007
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is a really good read. I was going on vacation and wanted to bring a book along - I heard the author interviewed on the radio and it peaked my interest. Being from Northern California I am very familiar with California wines and know some people that work in the industry, but I was not familiar with the soap opera playing out behind the scenes for the Mondavi family. It just goes to show that a house divided against itself cannot stand. It is also a sad commentary on our times how divorce and remarriage and the breakdown of the family are killing our culture and devastating families and especially children. The book was a page turner and I could not put it down.
 If you like the wine industry August 9, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you like the wine industry, you'll enjoy this book. I found it a bit tedious to read. Too much wine not enough interpersonal relationships.
Nearly perfect story of the real powers in American Wine production August 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For those who love wine the Mondavi family represents one of the greatest names in the business. Just like Henry Ford, they brought wine to the masses but exceeded Ford by producing a product of superior quality. This book throughly reports on the brilliance and dysfunction of an amazing family in stark details. If there is one criticism I would leverage, and it keeps the book from being perfect, the author gives few details on the larger wine industry therefore making it seem as though the Mondavi family turmoil was taking place in some type of void and not in a rapidly changing industry.
The compelling nature of change within the wine industry between those who focus on fine wines and those with more of a marketing sense is still a compelling story but is completely missing from this story. There is only scant mention of super Vinteres like Screaming Eagle or on the other end equally scant mention of Trader Joe's well known, "Two Buck Chuck". No mention is also made of wine passing beer as this country's top alcoholic beverage.
But please read this book none the less for compelling family drama and a superb wine industry history.
House of Mondavi August 7, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very detail in the history of the Mondavi dynasty, from Ceasar to current day. Written very well.
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