Author: Robert Mondavi

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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

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

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

- 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

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

- Robert Mondavi

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

- 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

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

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

- 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

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