Top 39 Mondavi Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Mondavi

#1. Wine always inspires sociability.

#2. How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

#3. 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

#4. Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

Robert Mondavi

#5. I am a great believer in research and innovation.

Robert Mondavi

#6. Wherever wine grapes are grown, it is beautiful.

Margrit Mondavi

#7. We want to raise the art of living well.

Robert Mondavi

#8. 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

#9. My path was simple: Follow your passion. Pour in your heart and soul. Settle for nothing less than excellence. And with enough hard work and faith in yourself, you can realize your dream.

Robert Mondavi

#10. I know that wine is, above all else, a blessing, a gift of nature, a joy as pure and elemental as the soil and vines and sunshine from which it springs.

Robert Mondavi

#11. To me, he was the grand master of wine. He was a forceful Russian and a gentle person. The greats of wine all over the world have great affection and admiration for him. What a beautiful man he was and what a privilege to have been touched by him.

Margrit Mondavi

#12. 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

#13. Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Robert Mondavi

#14. Inductee in the Vintner's Hall of Fame

Robert Mondavi

#15. 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

#16. As I traveled the world over, I traveled everywhere, and I learned so much.

Robert Mondavi

#17. In both life and work, stay flexible. Whether in a country, a company, or a family, the same holds true: Dictatorship and rigidity rarely work. Freedom and elasticity do.

Robert Mondavi

#18. Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

Robert Mondavi

#19. I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

Robert Mondavi

#20. I know of no one who has been more helpful to the industry. His teachings and consultations internationally, without doubt, improved the quality of winemaking in our country. He was a friend to everyone interested in fine wine.

Robert Mondavi

#21. I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

Robert Mondavi

#22. My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.

Robert Mondavi

#23. A timely, interesting, educational approach to today's wine picture. Wine still makes a feast out of a meal, but in times of not so plenty we will enjoy a bottle that is more reasonable. This tome is a must-read for wine lovers as well as the trade.

Margrit Mondavi

#24. I feel blessed. So many men and women search and search but never find their passion, their calling, their sense of mission that would ignite their hearts and fill their lives with meaning and joy.

Robert Mondavi

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

Robert Mondavi

#26. Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

Robert Mondavi

#27. I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

Robert Mondavi

#28. My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

Robert Mondavi

#29. 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