SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – As a boy, Peter Mondavi got his start in the California wine business by nailing boxes for his father’s grape-shipping business.
In the decades that followed, he became a Napa Valley innovator as he battled his more famous brother Robert Mondavi for control of his family’s Charles Krug Winery.
He still had his hand in the business when he died Saturday at 101. He credited his stamina to good genes, hard work, pasta Bolognese – and a daily glass of cabernet sauvignon.
Mondavi died at his home in St. Helena, California, said Wendy Lane Stevens, a member of the C. Mondavi and Family board of directors.
Peter Mondavi invested a lifetime in building, growing and protecting his family’s business.