By
Nick Haramis
May 16, 2008
Robert Mondavi, the wine master who put California grapes on the map, died this morning at the age of 94. In his 1998 autobiography, Harvests of Joy, he wrote, “My passion for bringing wine into the American culture was motivated by a desire to plant deep into the soil of our young country the same values, traditions, and daily pleasures that my mother and father had brought with them from central Italy: good food, good wine, and love of family." Amen to that.
