[Magdalen] Vintner Dies.

[Jay Weigel]

's okay, it still says Mondavi!


On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> >He is the great pioneer who is mostly responsible for turning
> California's Napa Valley into a world class vineyard region. His wines
> >were under the label of "Krug" and "Mondavi"
>
> I believe Mondavi was sold to Gallo a few years back.
>
> There were vieyards there and commercial winemaking in the late 19th and
> first few years of the 20th Century, most of them were abandoned with the
> onset of prohibition.
>
> Prohibition did spark the growth of one of the largest wineries --
> Giuseppe Gallo (father of Ernesto and Julio) made his fortune selling
> "Communion Wine" of many varieties to Roman Catholic Parishes across
> America during Prohibition. In many parts of the country, any good (and
> reasonably moneyed) Roman Catholic could pretty much buy all the Gallo wine
> they wanted from their local parish..
>
> Mondavi was something of a latecomer -- starting after Repeal.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>