By Esther Mobley

American wine industry trailblazer Peter Mondavi Sr. died Saturday, Feb. 20, at his home in St. Helena, on the property of his Charles Krug Winery. He was 101. A representative of the Mondavi family confirmed the news. Mr. Mondavi enjoyed a long career in the Napa Valley: His parents purchased the historic Charles Krug Winery in 1943, at a time when the handful of wineries that existed in Napa all specialized in cheap jug wine.

In 1976, Mr. Mondavi succeeded his mother as Charles Krug's CEO; by the time he officially retired, in 2015, at the age of 100, he had firmly established Charles Krug as a producer of high-quality wines — a reputation that helped advance the rest of Napa Valley.

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