Distinguished Travel Hacker: How Winemaker Michael Mondavi Drinks on Planes

When only the best will do, how do you get through? This, and other travel tips from California’s unofficial global emissary of wine.
Photographer: Jason Tinacci

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.

Michael Mondavi co-founded the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley 50 years ago with his father, Robert, and since then he’s grown into one of California’s most well-known global ambassadors of wine. In a given year, he spends more than one-third of his days on the road.