Top 10 wine brands
8th November, 2012
by
db_staff
4. Robert Mondavi
Volume 2011: 9,791,487 9l cases
Volume 2010: 10,400,000 9l cases
Change 10-11: -6.2%
Brand owner: Constellation Brands
Head office: 7801 St. Helena Highway Oakville, CA, 94562 USA
Tel: +1 585 678 7100
Website: Robertmondaviwinery.com
Marketing manager: Liz Edwards
PR (in-house): Anne Siegel
Product range: Napa Valley Wines, Reserve Wines, District Wines, Spotlight Wines, Woodbridge wines
Robert Mondavi’s 99th birthday was marked around the world with a “live” happy hour toast over Facebook and Twitter. Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi announced another introduction to the range: Woodbridge Extra Dry Sparkling Wine. It is aimed at drinkers who enjoy a lightly sweet style of wine. Also added to the Woodbridge family was the California Brut Sparkling Wine. In 2011 the Kalon Vineyard was awarded “Vineyard of the Year” by the California Farm Bureau for its consistent and superior quality grape production each year.
The 450-acre To Kalon Vineyard lies against the hills on the Oakville bench.
The 43rd annual Robert Mondavi Winery summer concert series was held in June with rock band OAR opening the series.
The band The Plain White T’s presented the “Celebrating the Bounty of Napa and Local Sustainability” concert. The next night Natasha Bedingfield performed.
Meanwhile the maker of Robert Mondavi, Constellation Wines, earned US$72m in the first quarter, down from US$74.5m a year earlier.