The Taste with Doug Shafer – a Podcast About Wine, Food, and Friends · Doug Shafer
A Classic Episode with Virtuoso Vintner Tim Mondavi
December 2, 2025·1 hr 5 min·5 clips
Doug Schaefer recalls how Mondavi winemakers secretly shared techniques that elevated Napa Valley wines worldwide.
As heard by us
A warm Napa oral history that turns familiar names into lived memory.
The episode reads as a relaxed Napa oral history, with Tim Mondavi's family background and memories shaping the conversation into something lived-in rather than polished.
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