A perfect score : the art, soul, and business of a 21st-Century winery

Format:

Book

Title:

A perfect score : the art, soul, and business of a 21st-Century winery

Author:

Hall, Craig, 1950- author

ISBN:

9781455535767

Edition:

First Hardcover edition.

Publication:

New York : Center Street, 2016.

Physical Description:

xii, 207 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction: Meet Little Bunny Foo Foo -- Bonds of love and wine -- Destination Napa -- Jumping in -- A detour -- Your friends can only buy so much -- Dreams and plans for a small family winery -- Building HALL Rutherford -- It's all about that grape -- Dreaming big -- More than just a wine factory -- Negotiating Napa -- The great recession and a great setback -- Clouds with a few more rays of sunshine -- Doubling down in pinotland -- Wine has no political party -- Loving Napa -- The giving Napa -- Introducing HALL St. Helena -- Delivering in a new way -- Tank walk -- Making the best wine we can -- for your inner geek -- The quest for perfection.

Summary:

A lively husband and wife team recounts their twenty-year climb from amateur winemakers to recipients of an almost unheard-of perfect score from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.

Subject(s):

Wine and wine making.

Wineries.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Added Author:

Hall, Kathryn, 1947-

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A lively husband and wife team recounts their twenty-year climb from amateur winemakers to recipients of an almost unheard-of perfect score from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
Kathryn and Craig Hall launched themselves head first into Napa Valley 20 years ago with the purchase of an 1885 winery and never looked back. Since the couple's purchase of their debut winery, their critically acclaimed HALL Wines and WALT Wines have become fixtures of the California wine industry, winning numerous accolades including a coveted 100-point "perfect score." A PERFECT SCORE weaves a vibrant tale of the HALL brand's meteoric rise to success, Napa Valley's tug-of-war between localism and tourism, and the evolving nature of the wine industry as a whole. Readers who love a good glass of wine will find much to savor in the Halls' expert account of the art, soul, and business of a modern winery.

Author Notes

KATHRYN WALT HALL is the co-proprietor of HALL Wines and WALT Wines along with her husband Craig and their four children. Kathryn has been involved in the California wine industry since her family first purchased a vineyard thirty years ago. She has had a distinguished career as a successful businesswoman, community activist, and as the United States Ambassador to Austria.
CRAIG HALLis the co-proprietor of HALL Wines and WALT Wines along with his wife Kathryn and their four children. He is also chairman and founder of Dallas-based Hall Financial Group. Craig's distinguished career in business and as an author, civic leader, and philanthropist reflects the highest qualities of entrepreneurship.

Introduction: Meet Little Bunny Foo Foo	p. ix
Chapter 1 Bonds of Love and Wine	p. 1
Chapter 2 Destination Napa	p. 13
Chapter 3 Jumping In	p. 23
Chapter 4 A Detour	p. 27
Chapter 5 Your Friends Can Only Buy So Much	p. 39
Chapter 6 Dreams and Plans for a Small Family Winery	p. 47
Chapter 7 Building HALL Rutherford	p. 55
Chapter 8 It's All About that Grape	p. 61
Chapter 9 Dreaming Big	p. 75
Chapter 10 More than Just a Wine Factory	p. 87
Chapter 11 Negotiating Napa	p. 95
Chapter 12 The Great Recession and a Great Setback	p. 103
Chapter 13 Clouds with a Few More Rays of Sunshine	p. 111
Chapter 14 Doubling Down in Pinotland	p. 121
Chapter 15 Wine Has No Political Party	p. 129
Chapter 16 Loving Napa	p. 133
Chapter 17 The Giving Napa	p. 141
Chapter 18 Introducing HALL St. Helena	p. 151
Chapter 19 Delivering in a New Way	p. 157
Chapter 20 Tank Walk	p. 165
Chapter 21 Making the Best Wine We Can-for Your Inner Geek	p. 171
Chapter 22 The Quest for Perfection	p. 185
Acknowledgments	p. 199
A Glossary of Terms, HALL-Style	p. 203

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