The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

. Julia Flynn Siler writes front-page stories for The Wall Street Journal from San Francisco.Audie Award finalist Alan Sklar has narrated nearly two hundred audiobooks and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards

Lisa Witkowski said The author is like a pack rat with anecdotes and details. The subject matter is interesting, but the book is poorly edited and a bit of a slog to read. The author is like a pack rat with anecdotes and details, clinging to each of them even if they don't have any significance or move the story forward. If someone has an anecdote about the Mondavis, in it goes. I can see that a lot of energy went into compiling it all, but there was clearly the potential for this to be a much better book.. Steven Peterson said A history of the Mondavi wine empire. This is a terrific history of the Mondavi family and the rise and fall of its wine empire. Family infighting and unwise business decisions and a dash of bad luck are part and parcel of this story. The author, Julia Flynn Siler, writes in a spellbinding manner. The approach and theme (page ix): "Over a period of two and a half years, the author interviewed all of the principle family members involved in the events leading to the sale of Robert Mondavi Corporation, seeking to understand how and why a seemin. What a Family!!! Dogmom510 A well-researched book on the Mondavi family of Napa Valley. The family entertained Napa Valley for decades with their quarrels, lawsuits, affairs, extravagant bashes, etc. The book starts with the founders, Caesare and Rosa and continues into the fourth generation. This book is an eye-opener on this wine family. Their story was also the basis for Falcon Crest. It's easy to see why. The book is worth reading.

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.. 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. An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empireSet in California’s lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a

Fluid and well-written.a aJames Laube, "Wine Spectator" aEpica a"U.S. aCall it Greek tragedy or Shakespearean drama, Biblical strife, Freudian acting out, or even soap opera. T he book reads like a novel and her crisp style makes the book compelling regardless of whether the reader has an interest in wine. Compelling.? ?Eric Asimov, "The New York Times" ?A fascinating chronicle a twisted tale filled with big egos, beautiful backdrops, and charismatic-yet-flawed characters who pull off towering feats and then throw them all away.? ?"Business Week" ?A first-rate job of creating a balanced view of this epic A merican drama. News & World Report" aA riveting story that is part soap opera, part Shakespearean family drama.a aNPRas "Da