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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

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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

#art #back #enhancing #food #go

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

#could #equal #everybody #giving #great

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

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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

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This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

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We definitely need to get the excitement back. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#definitely #excitement #get #need

We want to raise the art of living well. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

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Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

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Nature abhors a vacuum. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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