The Mondavi Family Today

A winemaking dynasty continues

In 2003, as Robert Mondavi Corp.'s financial woes mounted amid concepts to rescue the failing company, scions Michael and Tim Mondavi both developed exit strategies to extend the family's winemaking tradition. Wine Spectator's James Laube explains.

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