. 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"A fascinating history filled with charismatic yet flawed c
| Title | : | The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (415 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400104807 |
| Format Type | : | Audio CD |
| Number of Pages | : | 149Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-1 |
| Language | : | English |
. 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
"A fascinating history filled with charismatic yet flawed characters." ---BusinessWeekThe blood feuds are as spectacular as the business triumphs. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corporation's twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama. A meticulously reported narrative based on thousands of hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is bound to become a classic.. 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. 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. 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 winemakingOthers are made by connecting the dots.This is one adorable book. I didn't like it until I realized the book flap and front are set up a certain way to keep loose pages contained. I got this book in the mail a couple of days ago. This is a terrific history of the Mondavi family and the rise and fall of its wine empire. With most lighter mediums, the dot to dots might not be visible on some pages. You might find yourself creating a superhero, a doctor or a judge as you continue to connect the dots over the photographs. At first I was confused with the setup. However, eerily reminiscent of his own family falling out, his two sons had serious tensions between them, with very different visions of where the company should go.Interesting vignettes: the joint venture with the legendary Baron Philippe de Rothschild and his wife, who took aver the reins after the Baron's death, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild.The book itself reads almost like a Greek tragedy, where the reader can see all the fault lines and can see disaster looming; however, the characters themselves as they lived their lives were unable to control events.This is a
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