Robert Mondavi Quotes


Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.


Citations

Mondavi, Robert. Interview. Academy of Achievement, 11 Nov. 1999.

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Robert Mondavi
Robert Mondavi
  • Born: June 18, 1913
  • Died: May 16, 2008
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Winemaker, Philanthropist

Robert Gerald Mondavi was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi promoted labeling wines varietally rather than generically, which became the standard for New World wines. The Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI) for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis opened in October 2008 in his honor.