This inside look at the destruction of a once close family and the storied wine business they built is well written and highly entertaining. Sibling rivalry between Robert Mondavi, and his far less talented younger brother Peter form the basis for all the tragedy that is to come.

Peter convinces their mother Rosa, who is chairman of the board and the largest stockholder, who opens board meetings in her home and then retires to the kitchen, that Robert must be driven from the company even though he had been the primary architect of their success.

Rosa goes one step farther and disinherits Robert, a daughter Helen, and all of their children, thereby assuring mutal animosity for future generations of Mondavi's. The stunningly poor decisions, many of them mean and petty, by various family members,but primarily Rosa and Peter, eventually leads to complete family dysfunction and the next generation picks up where Rosa and Peter left off. The golden goose is eventually effectively destroyed. A very good read.