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| Photo of Mondavi cellars courtesy the Robert Mondavi website. |
Mondavi, who died in 2008, invested his life not only in making and marketing California wine varietals, but also educating others about wine by investing in The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis as well as COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts in Napa.
For this particular birthday toast, Mondavi himself would have preferred a French wine, but more appropriate, I say, is the bright, summery Robert Mondavi 2011 Fume Blanc, a slightly sweet, crisp white that's perfect for summer dinners. www.robertmonndaviwinery.com





