The bargains just keep piling up in wine country real estate. As you know, the Mondavi mansion recently sold for a sum that was undisclosed but was less than the asking price of $13.9, which itself was almost half off the original sticker price of $25 million. And now, Villa Montana, home of NFL...
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Kendall-Jackson isn’t the only winery getting face-time on camera. Hot on the heels of KJ president Rick Tigner’s appearance on ”Undercover Boss,” we have Shafer Vineyards starring in a new music video “Drive By,” from Train. Read more »
Think you’ve been at your job for a while? Take a gander at the career of Napa Valley vintner Peter Mondavi. He started out during Prohibition. Sure, he was the ripe old age of 12; he and brother Robert used to nail together boxes for their dad, Cesare Mondavi, who made a business out...
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Want to have Mike Ditka over for your Super Bowl party? How about Joe Montana or Dick Vermeil? No problem. They, or at least their wines, are just a few twists of the corkscrew away from joining you on the couch. For 49ers fans there’s Montagia, a wine made in partnership between former quarterback...
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So, did you watch Kendall-Jackson president Rick Tigner on CBS’ “Undercover Boss” last night? Pretty good episode, right? Now that the show’s aired, I can give you a few more details. First, Marcos, the bottling unit guy who moonlights as a DJ did DJ duties along with his son at the company viewing party...
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Wine is going prime time this weekend.
Kendall-Jackson president Rick Tigner will be on the popular CBS TV show “Undercover Boss,” Read more »
SOMM Documentary Trailer 1 from Forgotten Man Films on Vimeo.
True confession: I have never encountered a snotty sommelier. Maybe they were back in the walk-in laughing up a storm at my rube ways _ for one thing, it was quite some time before I learned that you don’t, in fact, pronounce it somm-EH-lee-yer _ but the scenario of the stereotypical lofty old wine steward looking down his nose as I select something from the cheaper end of the list has not played out for me IRL.
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Back in the day when I was a young journalist I sometimes used to propose stories only to have them turned down with a terse, “You just want to write about that because people will read it.” True story. In these SEO-conscious times, it’s possible the industry has veered a smidge too far in...
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So now we know who the mystery buyers of the Robert Mondavi mansion are _ Jean-Charles Boisset, president of the French company Boisset Family Estates, which owns several California wineries, and his wife, Gina Gallo, granddaughter of California wine pioneer Julio Gallo. Call me sentimental but I like the idea of all that dynastic...
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Every once in a while you get a press release and you’re like, for reals? I got one such from the auction house Acker Merrall & Condit today. Apparently they had a good year and are offering “a remarkable “Twelve Days of Christmas” gift selection to the world’s most passionate wine lovers – twelve...
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