The Californian wine legend Robert Mondavi died on May 16 at almost 95 years of age. Mondavi was one of the central personalities during many years in the American wine world and was perhaps the person who contributed most to make California recognised around the world as a producer of quality wines. He build up the winery carrying his own name to become one of the leading quality wine producers in the US but sold the company a few years ago following a complicated family schism. decanter.com
