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Decades after the Mondavis lost their California wine empire, their comeback winery is ready for its big debut “I’ve discovered that a bag of money doesn’t make up for a broken heart, but it does (lead to) a new love,” said Tim Mondavi, 75, the youngest son of

Last Call in Wine Country Have California's agricultural lenders finally decided that the turnaround everyone has waited for isn’t coming anytime soon? And, having decided this, will they start to call in loans? And, if so, will that force the sales, foreclosures, and bankruptcies that the industry

The Man Behind Two Buck Chuck Said No Wine Should Cost More Than $10. He Was Half Right. The most hated man in American wine asked why an $80 bottle is worth forty times a $2 one. The research answers him, and so does his own guilty plea. (The Polished