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Among California wines, the noble varietals of Robert Mondavi have been discounted, from the superb Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve '78, down from more than $60, to $49.50 a magnum, to the pleasant Fume Blanc, at $6.50 (down from $8.50). The competition has also been fierce among domestic jug wines produced by such firms as Gallo, Almaden, Inglenook and Paul Masson, some of which have cut as much as $2 from the cost of their three-liter bottles. The serious wine collector can find remarkable bargains among prestigious Bordeaux and Burgundies, as well as vintages from lesser-known petits chateaux that...
...Bronx is at least bigger); that the Beast at King's Island in Ohio is the wildest roller coaster (over Coney Island's Cyclone?); that the premier Cabernet Sauvignon wine comes from the Napa Valley's Heitz Cellars (some might award this prize to the Robert Mondavi reserve...
...laying out some $20 million over the years for 1,500 Napa Valley acres on which to produce a sparkling white wine called Chandon Brut. This past spring, in a significant departure from Bordeaux practice, Baron Philippe de Rothschild started a joint venture with Napa Valley Vintner Robert Mondavi to produce 5,000 cases a year of quality Cabernet Sauvignon, which will carry a label with the two signatures...
...secret that the best California wines rank with France's finest. The situation suggests marriage, no? Yes. Two of the world's proudest and most accomplished winemakers, Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Bordeaux and Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley, have in fact already consummated the wedding, which was formally announced last week. The two vintners have joined together to make what they insist will be "the world's greatest wine." The first vintage under the new, as yet unnamed label was harvested last fall; its 2,000 cases are now aging at the Mondavi winery...
...unique consummation in the history of winemaking. Baron Philippe, of course, is the fourth-generation owner of Château Mouton Rothschild, one of the world's greatest wineries. Rothschild, whose late wife Pauline was American, has long admired California wines. Mondavi is the leading producer of premium varietals in the U.S. He travels frequently in Europe and has introduced French winemaking techniques and equipment to California. The red wines they will make together in the Napa Valley will be mostly from cabernet sauvignon grapes, with some merlot and cabernet franc, approximately the Mouton mix. The first bottles...