How do you renovate Napa Valley’s most iconic winery? Carefully. For more than two years, Constellation has been overhauling Robert Mondavi Winery, spending millions of dollars to update the facility Mondavi himself opened in 1966. But changing a winery that has become symbolic of Napa Valley is a treacherous task.
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