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The Latest from Karl Lawrence Cellars
The legendary Robert Mondavi died yesterday morning. He was the pioneer who made this Valley what it is. Last night I sat in Mark & Pam Smithers backyard with the other board members of the St. Helena Skatepark. We exchanged Robert Mondavi stories. I shared with the group the stories that I shared with you all a number of years ago. You can page back to June 9, 2004 to see them. The last time I saw Robert was around two years ago when he, Margrit and their puppy came and sat at the table next to me at Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen. It was sad to see him using a cane and in such bad shape. The surprising thing was that he had walked all the way there from his car a block away. One of the things he was known for was saying that he had a bottle of wine a day. I guess that's what kept him young. We hoisted one for him last night and we'll do the same tonight.
Michael, Jefferson, and I, are all out this week (Canada, Hawaii, Tahoe). Our shop is winding down as the weather is getting really hot. A couple of weeks ago it was 22 degrees in the vineyards on Howell Mountain. I've heard that some vineyards lost fifty to ninety percent of their crop. Then, at the end of that week, I returned to find San Francisco hotter than Puerto Vallarta. So it seems that we went from Jack Frost straight to hot, hot, hot.
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