Immaculate Taste

Be prepared to disbelieve. Skeptics unite! Do you believe that the wrong wine glass can make a great wine mediocre? Wes Marshall explains why.

"...make a difference. Apparently, Gaja perceived the transformation immediately. Robert Mondavi, patriarch of the U.S. wine scene, didn't see..."

April 7, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Food Events

June 20-26

"...• Robert Mondavi Wine Dinner Enjoy a multicourse dinner at the..."

June 21, 2013 Food Column

Wine of the Week: Albariño

The climate in the province of Pontevedra produces delicious Spanish wine

"...Michael and Isabel Mondavi started Folio Fine Wine Partners four years ago, with..."

April 4, 2008 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

World-class white wine -- from Texas!

"...Richard Becker was seen dancing on the ceiling when Robert Mondavi bought a 3-liter bottle of Becker Viognier at..."

April 25, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood has quite simply gotta lotta news in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...from former P.F. Chang's partner Don Rhode and chef Robert Barker promises an open kitchen that will deliver "demi"..."

July 12, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Top Ten Food Stories of 1997

Best Bites of 1997

"...2. Robert Mondavi Becomes an Honorary Texan The legendary patriarch of..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Essential 'New York Times' Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century

A fascinating look, in recipe form, at the last 150 years of cooking

"...invention of the refrigerator, the first Devil's Food Cake, Robert Mondavi's first wine, and the debut of the Swanson..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Liquid Assets

The 'Chronicle' food and wine update: spring, 2003

"...New Zealand, and California wineries. After a stint with Robert Mondavi (working on Opus One, among others), he followed..."

May 9, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

Updates on the upcoming winery Harvest Festivities.

"...On Friday, August 4, the Bonnarigos honor the legendary Robert Mondavi with a winemaker dinner which will be followed..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

"...Corner of Robert T. Martinez & Hidalgo, off East Seventh St...."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

food-o-file

"...1997 event will be revered American wine industry patriarch, Robert Mondavi. "He rarely makes public appearances, so to have..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Food Column

Substance and Whimsy

The Never-Too-Serious Epicureans of Austin

"...Southwestern food trend -- Stephan Pyles, Dean Fearing, and Robert Del Grande. Soon, the Hill Country had its own..."

April 4, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Four Austin Chefs Champion the Texas Food & Wine Alliance with Off the Menu Supper Club

Richter & Czyszczon & Sawicki & Fojtasek stoke a live fire

"...while enjoying fine wines by Duckhorn Vineyards, DAOU, and Robert Mondavi – and spirits by Tito's Handmade Vodka and..."

May 2, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Weekend Wine

Laura Catena has The Right Stuff

"...a visiting professor at UC Berkeley where he met Robert Mondavi and several other California winemakers. He then applied..."

July 21, 2018 Food Post by Wes Marshall

How Texas Is Texas Wine?

What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards

"...– with Kendall-Jackson, Clos du Bois, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Robert Mondavi, Barefoot. There's thousands upon thousands of brands in..."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Alamosa Wine Cellars Is For Sale

Warm-weather varietal pioneers are ready to retire

"...media attention and the enthusiastic endorsement of the late Robert Mondavi. Johnson was convinced that the quality of Texas..."

July 8, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Wine of the Week

Two Treats from Argentina

"...Cal Berkeley and developed a plan in conjunction with Robert Mondavi to change the production standards of Argentina’s wines..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Post

Wine of the Week

Alamos

"...economics from Columbia University and time spent working with Robert Mondavi, Catena has supercharged his family business, expanding the..."

May 12, 2006 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

Cowboys and Gauchos

"...in love with the "cost no object" concepts of Robert Mondavi, an idea he decided to take back to..."

July 16, 2004 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

Texas Wine Month

"...choose, don't miss the opportunity to taste Texas wines. Robert Mondavi, one of the world's most famous winemakers, has..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

The Wine Roads of Texas: An Essential Guide to Texas Wines and Wineries

MM Pack throws "so-called journalistic objectivity out the window," and reviews Chronicle contributor Wes Marshall's The Wine Roads of Texas; also, we excerpt it.

"...has come (see The Wine Spectator, Nov. 30). In Robert Mondavi's introduction to Marshall's book, he says that what's..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Food Review by MM Pack

Food-o-File

Bragging rights and the latest flavors round out this week's "Food-o-File."

"...Publishing, $18.95) with a foreword by legendary California winemaker Robert Mondavi, all over town. It's a must-have companion for..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Food editor Virginia B. Wood on the first pressing of olive oil in Texas

"...to be complemented by wines from "The World of Robert Mondavi" for a dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Best Bites

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

"...teacher who has been lauded by no less than Robert Mondavi. Here in Austin, she offers her Symposia two..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Edibles in Isolation

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

"...7. A deep, rich Cabernet or Bordeaux. A Robert Mondavi vintage or a Saint-Emilion from the Eighties would..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

The Highland Lakes

1. Sonny's Tradition Restaurant & Club

"...(where he worked on the viogner made famous by Robert Mondavi's case purchase). Striking out on their own, the..."

April 9, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

"...and 1997, although the opportunity to hear the legendary Robert Mondavi speak last year was worth the entire weekend...."

April 17, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

"...a four-course meal and Chardonnays from Bernardus Winery, Cambria, Robert Mondavi and Kendall Jackson. For reservations, call 476-8100... Recent..."

June 21, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mondovino

Sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry is ambitious but frequently directionless – for true connoisseurs only.

"...he’s fingered three villains here. The first is the Mondavi family, whose Napa Valley-based business has expanded to holdings..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones