Kyle Harrison
to-read
The House of Mondavi
The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
- Author
- Julia Flynn Siler
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 458
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Four generations of the family that made Napa a brand, and the succession fight that ended with the company sold.
Where I saw it: A reply to @WillManidis’s question on X, June 2, 2025 — “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/willmanidis/status/1929527399718269081
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Company Building · Food — where this sits in the corpus.