By Robert FarmerHappily, the more things change in Napa, the more things stay the same in Napa. And so it goes that as one legendary winery changes ownership hands, another emerges from the chrysalis to spread its wings anew.
In September, the Mondavi family will celebrate the renewal of the Charles Krug Winery--officially unveiling an $8 million restoration to the two historic national landmark buildings at the winery while also honoring the patriarch, Peter Mondavi.
























Zinfandel's
more passionate adherents got some wind knocked out of them in 2002, when
the premium wine grape they described as "America's own"
turned out to be European - and from a never-heard-of-it neighborhood
to boot. 







