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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Peter Mondavi Dies

    Lift a glass of cabernet to the life of Peter Mondavi. The legendary California winemaker and patriarch of the Charles Krug Winery died this past weekend. He was 101. Mondavi helped create the wine business in the Napa Valley, and cultivated the growth of California wine into some of the best known in the world.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 23, 2016 • 1 min read

    Lift a glass of cabernet to the life of Peter Mondavi. The legendary California winemaker and patriarch of the Charles Krug Winery died this past weekend. He was 101. Mondavi helped create the wine business in the Napa Valley, and cultivated the growth of California wine into some of the best known in the world. We hear about his life and impact on California wine.

    Image courtesy of Charles Krug

    The full episode

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    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin Epidemic
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi DiesYou’re reading this
    5. 44:55Pop-Up Restaurants
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Esther Mobley

      senior wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin Epidemic
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi DiesYou’re reading this
    5. 44:55Pop-Up Restaurants
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand