Robert Mondavi

Robert Mondavi Winery is one of Napa Valley’s defining estates and among the most famous wineries in the United States. Founded in 1966 by Robert Mondavi after his split from the family’s Charles Krug operation, it was the first major new winery built in Napa since Prohibition-era times and set out explicitly to prove that California could produce wines to rival Europe’s best. The Oakville estate, with its mission-style architecture and iconic arch and bell tower, became both a production center and an educational…