At last, Tim Mondavi has coughed up details on the wine he’s launching with his father, Robert, stepmother Margrit and sister Marcia Mondavi Borger. It’s called Continuum, the first vintage is 2005, it’s Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon-based and will be available in March 2008. Expect the price to be north of $100, keeping company with the Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ($125) that Tim used to make.
It was a certainty that the Mondavis would make their own wine following the sale of Robert Mondavi Winery to Constellation Brands in 2004. But Tim, notoriously methodical in his...