California and the time of the wolf
Upon release, Opus One became the most expensive wine in the US: unsurprisingly so, given its origins as a team effort by Robert Mondavi and the Rothschilds
In 1970 in Hawaii, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, owner of Bordeaux’s august Château Mouton-Rothschild, met Robert Mondavi, then the most famous winery owner in California’s Napa Valley. The two men got on well and decided that they would like to set up a winery together.
“Like almost everything in my line of work in wine, getting this to fruition took years, in this case seven or eight,” says Michael Silacci, the winemaker and ...
