# Robert Mondavi

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Episode 276 - Highlights of Series 22

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David selects some highlights from the latest series including Black Chalk’s Jacob Leadley on beating the British weather; UK Sommelier of the Year 2026, Emma Denney; Olly Smith on turning talents to writing fict…

When California Adventure Had a Giant Sun and a Serious Identity Crisis (Ep. 23)

Jim Hill and Len Testa walk through Disney’s California Adventure as it appeared during its difficult first years, from the park’s February 2001 opening through the early attempts to repair its reputation. They revisit the giant California letters, the original postcard-inspired entrance, Paradise …

Why Most Master Sommeliers Are Still Broke: Doug Frost Exposes Industry Secrets

The top accolades in the wine trade are tough to acquire. The Master of Wine and the Master Sommelier both can take years if not a decade to study for and pass the tests. But to have both credentials on your resume! I'm like what? Doug Frost is the man...and one of three in the world that have acco…

Why Most Master Sommeliers Are Still Broke: Doug Frost Exposes Industry Secrets

The top accolades in the wine trade are tough to acquire. The Master of Wine and the Master Sommelier both can take years if not a decade to study for and pass the tests. But to have both credentials on your resume! I'm like what? Doug Frost is the man...and one of three in the world that have acco…

Matt Weiss: Gen Z Did Not Quit Drinking, the Zero Proof Boom, and the Wine Pendulum

Gen Z quit drinking. You have read that headline. The numbers say something stranger. Matt Weiss has sold wine, taught wine, and built a career on it, from Michelin starred dining rooms in New York to Wilson Daniels, the importer of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. He is now a distributor in North Caro…

Episode 114 - 3,000 Bottles Stolen in Targeted Italian Wine Heist

This week, we cover Napa's expanding water lawsuit and its challenge to winery planning, the deepening succession battle inside French wine giant Castel, the theft of 3,000 bottles of Alta Langa from a Strevi winery, and historic Vivac Winery hitting the market. Plus, we visit Old Town Cellars in…

The Next Generation of Mondavi Wine! | Sentium Sauvignon Blanc Review

What makes a Sauvignon Blanc worth $75? Brian Mondavi Borger returns to Stop Wasting Your Wine with the 2024 Sentium, a Sauvignon Blanc led blend from the fourth generation of the Mondavi family. We taste it together and explore why winemaker Chiara Mondavi looked beyond Napa to old vineyards in M…

Cyril Chappellet: The Napa Valley Winery That Will Not Sell

Offers to buy Chappellet? The family has said no. Cyril Chappellet, CEO and Chairman of Chappellet, explains why the winery is worth more as an asset than as cash flow. Cyril tells the story of Robert Mondavi calling his father on a party line to offer his tanks and presses, and why the first Chap…

The $200 Million Mondavi Bet

How much would you spend on an idea that every analyst says is dying? This spring, Constellation Brands answered: two hundred million dollars. The Robert Mondavi Winery reopened in Oakville in April after a three-year renovation — at the exact moment Silicon Valley Bank was telling the wine industr…

Paul Hobbs: From a Dixie Cup of Yquem to a Global Wine Career

Paul Hobbs' wine story began with a secret. His mother didn't allow alcohol at the family dinner table. But one winter evening in 1969, his father arrived with Dixie cups filled with a mysterious yellow-orange liquid and asked the family to taste it. Paul's mother declared it the best juice she'd e…