Constellation Celebrates Robert Mondavi's 100th Birthday

 

06.19.2013

 

Pioneer's vision raised California wine industry to new heights

 

 

Guests at a party held Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Robert Mondavi's birth were served Fumé Blanc poured in wine glasses made for the event.

Napa, Calif.—This week marks the 100th anniversary of Robert Mondavi’s birth June 18, 1913. Constellation Brands, which acquired Mondavi’s iconic Napa Valley winery in 2003, held a celebratory dinner at the winery Tuesday night for distributors and others to mark the occasion.

 

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Changes Come to Niagara Wine Trail

 

06.18.2013

 

Lawmakers approve expansion in upstate New York to capitalize on region's tourism potential

 

 

Expanding the Niagara Wine Trail paves the way for two new wineries—or more—to become members.

Medina, N.Y.—After years of effort and multiple trips to the state capitol in Albany, N.Y., the leaders of the Niagara Wine Trail finally convinced lawmakers to approve expanding the trail.

 

Wendy Oakes Wilson, the trail association’s treasurer as well as the president and co-owner of Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Medina, told Wines & Vines the group never thought changing the trail would have taken so long.

In New York, both arms of the state legislature need to approve wine trail designations and the official highway signage that goes with them. In 2011, the group received economic development grant funding for new signs, and Wilson said the timing seemed right for a quick change to expand the trail by adding two new member wineries.

 

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