The Passing of Peter Mondavi Sr.

Sorry to double post but I just saw in the news that Peter Mondavi Sr. passed away. The Napa Valley Register published a really nice obit that I wanted to share: http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/charles-krug-winery-s-peter-mondavi-sr-passes-away-at/article_25917c6a-a2ea-582c-b33e-20352052d0b0.html

The article discusses many of the ways that Mondavi pushed Napa's wine industry and his own winery forward so I thought I would post a few below. He really was an innovator.

• He was one of the first to bring cold fermentation to the production of California white and rose wines
• He was the first to import French oak barrels for Napa winemaking
• He stewarded his family's winery for the next generation when other family-owned wineries were being consolidated. This meant constant investment in innovation and improvement