Author: Robert Mondavi

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There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

- Robert Mondavi

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

- Robert Mondavi

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.

- Robert Mondavi

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.

- Robert Mondavi

We want to raise the art of living well.

We want to raise the art of living well.

- Robert Mondavi

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

- Robert Mondavi

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.

- Robert Mondavi

Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

- Robert Mondavi

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

- Robert Mondavi

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