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The Robert Mondavi Winery sits majestically in the middle of Napa Valley. We learned the secret behind the longevity of his Napa Valley, California favorite.

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Audra Lowe: The Robert Mondavi Winery sits majestically in the middle of Napa valley and some of the wines are still being made from grapes picked from wine planet in the 1940s. We have learned the secret behind the longevity of this Napa valley. Take a look. Female Speaker2: The iconic Robert Mondavi Winery is the oldest winery in Napa valley. Rich Arnold: Mr. Mondavi was pioneer, a person who really had a vision of that he could make wine that would be in the company of the finest wines of the world. And he came down here in 1966 to realize that dream. Female Speaker2: The vineyard's winemaker Rich Arnolds started just ten years later. I have had a great chance to know Robert Mondavi and his family and learn his philosophy and it's a big set of shoes to fill. Making wine is a blend of art and science and it's in that order. Art is definitely the most important thing. We definitely need the science because we want to create this beautiful wine to put it in the bottle but definitely the art comes first. Because from the time in we work at the fruit at the win yard to when the wines being made to when we were blending it. A lot of that is really the art of wine making. Female Speaker2: Robert Mondavi also believed that good wine should accompany good food. Rich Arnold: From the beginning our wines have always have the goal of being ones that are very food friendly and what do we mean by food friendly? Wines that show their fruit to the vineyards; they have a good approach in the mouth. They have a clean finish and that they accompany food in an outstanding way. Female Speaker2: Rich says that he has two big tips when it comes to buying wine. Rich Arnold: There is one go with the great producer and two, learn about wine. Mr. Mondavi had the goal that he could never stands still. He always had to continuously improve and he not only set up the winery to make outstanding wines but he set up the goal that you can always improve. Female Speaker2: And so it has with age. Audra Lowe: Looks good and a little later in the show we are going to introduce you to a prolific artist who has recreated the Italian renaissance literally in its Calistoga backyard. Lest, it's your change to win our wine country giveaway so you definitely don't want to miss that.