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Casual Outdoor Gathering
Surrounded by friends and family, the Mondavis toast the season. Try their scrumptious menu paired with the perfect wine.
By Scott Jones / Photography Van Chaplin / Styling Buffy Hargett
Rob Mondavi offers a toast to welcome family and friends to the home of Dave and Anita Wilbanks, his wife Lydia's family, in Canton, Georgia.
Dave and Anita Wilbanks snack on Kettle Corn--a sweet-and-salty family favorite.
This is my favorite time of the year in the South," offers Rob Mondavi as he adds a handful of wet
hickory chips to his smoker. "There's a crispness in the air, which is perfect for outdoor
entertaining. I mean, I can't think of a better time to barbecue." Neither can his friends and
family, all of whom will clamber later this afternoon for his downright irresistible Barbecued Pork Quesadillas.
Not bad for a guy born and raised in California wine country. Of course, you'd expect the grandson
of legendary winemaker Robert Mondavi--the man whom many folks consider to have put American wines on
the world stage--to know a thing or two about entertaining.
