House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty » (Reprint)

Julia Flynn Siler writes for The Wall Street Journal from San Francisco. She is a former London-based staff writer for the Journal and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times. She is a graduate of Brown University, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.

Set in Californias 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. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corporations 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.

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Author's Note     ix
Prologue: Blaze 2004     1
Foundation
The Valley 1906-1952     9
France 1943-1963     27
East of Eden 1963-1965     43
To Kalon 1965-1966     57
Construction
Crush 1966-1972     75
Gunslingers 1972-1975     97
Judgment 1975-1976     113
The Heirs 1976-1978     125
"That Woman" 1978-1980     145
The Baron 1978-1981     161
Father and Sons 1982-1984     179
Thicker Than Water 1984-1990     193
Heart and Soul 1990-1992     205
Going Public 1992-1993     221
Expansion
Regency's End 1993-1994     235
Disinherited 1994-1996     249
Michael's Show 1996-1997     261
Waterloo 1998-2001     277
Demolition
Mondaviland 2001-2003     297
The Board Coup 2003-2004     315
Brothers 2004     331
The Takeover October to November, 2004     347
Damage Control December 2004 to April 2005     361
Billionaires' Ball June 2005     377
Epilogue: 2006     391
Acknowledgments     395
Notes     397
Sources and Bibliography     435
Index     439