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Robert Mondavi
American
Businessman
About the author
Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#God
I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Food
#Being
#Mother
#Wine
How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Heart
#Goodness
#Giving
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Life
#Food
#Quality
#Wine
Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Children
#Care
As I traveled the world over, I traveled everywhere, and I learned so much.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#World
I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Years
#Food
#Old
#Mother
#Importance
#Water
#Wine
Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Wine
If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Talk
#Life
#Art
#Food
#Wine
My wife taught me the importance of living well.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Wife
#Living
#Importance
We definitely need to get the excitement back.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Excitement
My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Years
#Old
#Mother
#Water
#Wine
My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Years
#Brother
Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Thought
#Future
#Business
#Father
#University
There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#People
#Money
#Pleasure
It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#World
#Satisfaction
#Giving
This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Moderation
I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Idea
#Living
#Wine
#Moderation
I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Want
#Food
#Tongue
I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
We want to raise the art of living well.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Want
#Art
#Living
Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Football
Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.
Robert Mondavi,
American
Businessman
#Man
#Beginning
#Wine