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Feb. 7, Thursday -- In the late 1980s, the Robert Mondavi Winery embarked on a project known as the "Mission." Part public relations campaign and part manifesto, the "Mission" called on the California wine industry to promote wine as a steadfast and historic companion to humanity. A key part of this campaign, a 10-minute film called "The Mission," will be screened at 4 p.m. in 3201 Hart Hall. Axel Borg, a wine bibliographer and librarian at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis, will introduce the 1989 film and talk about the relations between Robert Mondavi, the California wine industry and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis. Following the screening, David Michalski, a cultural studies graduate student, will lead a discussion of the "Mission's" implications for our contemporary understanding of wine and wine history. The two-hour event, titled "The Future of Wine History: A Discussion on the Position of Culture in Robert Mondavi's Mission," is sponsored by the Davis Humanities Institute at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis. It is free and open to the public.