For much of America, Mondavi is a name on a bottle of wine. Something in a shop or a restaurant.

To live in Napa Valley is to know Robert Mondavi is a person that is most responsible for the

Back Room wines is moving across from The Bounty Hunter. The Wine Merchant has moved next to Taylor’s Refresher and the Fatted Calf at the Oxbow. There is buzz about a new operator moving into the

Historically this has been a favorite tasting of mine for a number of years. I enjoy tasting wine out of barrel and comparing it to the current release. 2007 was the vintage in barrel this year and

A few weeks after the significant frost damage, it is Las Vegas hot in Rutherford. Crazy year.

The waiters at the restaurant are upset, rightfully so, if it is going to be this hot at night

Damage.

Just so we are clear on what has been lost and is not lost, the frost damage has been significant but even damaged vines can have secondary shoots that will produce grapes for harvest and