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Harvests of joy: how the good life became great business

By Paul , Robert Mondavi Winery;Mondavi , Robert;Chutkow

Book information

Publisher
Mariner Books;Harcourt Brace & Co
Year
1999
ISBN
9780151003464, 9780156010566, 9780547350899, 0151003467, 0156010569
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1915854 bytes)
Series
A Harvest book
Edition
1st Harvest ed
Pages
364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustr
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1913-2008;Robert Mondavi Winery -- History;VintRobertVintners--United States;Weinbau;Vintners;History;B

Description

A true story of midlife transformation by the Napa Valley entrepreneur who put California's wine industry on the map. In 1965, after a notorious family feud, Robert Mondavi—then fifty-two years old—was thrown out of his family's winery. Far from defeated, Mondavi was dedicated to a vision of creating a superior wine. What has happened since that fateful day is one of the greatest success stories of American business. Today, the Robert Mondavi Winery is one of the most respected in the world, and Mondavi is the man who is most responsible for the worldwide recognition of American wine making, as well as changing America's palate for fine wine and fine food. In Harvests of Joy, Mondavi shares how, through his passion for excellence, he achieved this extraordinary position, one he reached not without pain and sacrifice. With invaluable insider tips on his approach to both wine making and to running a business, Mondavi's inspirational story is "a...

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