BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A winery spokeswoman says California winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi has died. He was 94. Mia Malm, a spokeswoman for the Robert Mondavi Winery, says Mondavi died peacefully at his home in Yountville on Friday. Mondavi traveled the world into his 90s, promoting the cultural, social and health benefits of wine - of California wine in particular. After being ousted from a family-run venture with his younger brother, Mondavi started his own winery in 1966 at the age of 52.
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