An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built -- and then spectacularly lost -- a global wine empire
Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama.

The blood feuds are as spectacular as the business triumphs. Cesare's sons, Robert and Peter, literally came to blows in the 1960s during a dispute touched off by the purchase of a mink coat, resulting in Robert's exile from the family -- and his subsequent founding of a winery that would set off a revolution in American winemaking. Robert's sons, Michael and Timothy, as passionate in their own ways as their visionary father, waged battle with each other for control of the company before Michael's expansive ambitions ultimately led to a board coup and the sale of the business to an international conglomerate.

A meticulously reported narrative based on thousands of hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is bound to become a classic.

• We started tracking this book on December 4, 2010.
• This book was $12.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 150 times in the past 5,094 days.
• The current price of this book is $10.99 last checked 3 days ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $5.99.
• The lowest price to date was $4.99 last reached on August 20, 2023.
• This book has been $4.99 8 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on April 28, 2024.
• This book has been $14.99 25 times since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 482 Pages
• File Size: 1,245 KB