Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business

In 1965, in a family feud that became notorious in the wine world, Robert Mondavi -- then 52 years old -- was thrown out of his family's company. What has happened since then is not only one of the great success stories of American business but of world business as well. Twelve years after his first harvest, wines from the Napa Valley, with Mondavi's leading the way, outclassed the best French Bordeaux and Burgundies in a blind tasting in Paris. It was the most important moment in American winemaking since the first vines were planted in California.

Robert Mondavi's success is much more than just numbers and awards: it demands the ability to lead people and to inspire them to strive for excellence. Few are better at that than Robert Mondavi. He has shown that quality works, and in Harvests of Joy he talks frankly about his approach both to winemaking and to running a business, about the sacrifices he made to achieve nothing less than the best -- and about the pleasures that the best can bring.