The California wine industry is the product of a distinctly American mentality of openness and experimentation, and Fetzer Vineyards’s latest project, 1000 Stories, celebrates the myriad of stories that illustrate this ideal. For the August 2016 issue of The Tasting Panel.
The first vintage for Robert Mondavi Winery was 1966: 50 years later, and the wine is still singing. For 50 years the wines at Robert Mondavi have followed Mr. Mondavi’s vision of producing wine among the great wines of the world defined by their elegance concentration and terroir and the evening was a tribute to the singular vision of the man who put the New World on the map. Read more about the 50th anniversary gala dinner that brought together some of the Napa Valley greats who worked with Mondavi over the years in my most recent piece for The Tasting Panel.
