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HALL Wines LEED® Gold Certified Winery featured in the March 31 Wine Spectator article, "Green from the Ground Up"
 ""There are a lot of words that people are attaching to being environmentally responsible," says Hall winery president Mike Reynolds... "We thought in farming and building we would pick the highest bar and go for that."
Hall's winery earned the prestigious Gold level of certification in July 2009, joining only one other U.S. winery and just more than 100 other buildings in California to hold Gold ratings at the time." Dana Nigro, Wine Spectator
HALL Winery is the first winery in California to be LEED Gold Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. >Click here to learn more about our LEED Certified Winery.
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HALL earns excellent reviews in Robert Parker's annual review!
Parker writes about the 2008 HALL barrel samples: "This is definitely another serious player in Napa Valley... I tasted the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Segassia, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Exzellenz, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Bergfeld, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Jack’s Masterpiece, and a new offering, the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Kathryn Hall, all meriting potential ratings between 90 and 94 points. Readers should be giving Hall Winery serious attention."
Here's a summary of 2006 & 2007 HALL Wines Rated:
91 pts - 2006 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon [Sold Out]
90+ pts - 2007 HALL "Bergfeld" St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon [Releases 2011]
91 pts - 2006 HALL "Jack’s Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon [sold out]
92 pts – 2007 HALL "Jack’s Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon [Releases June 2010]
93 pts - 2007 HALL Segassia Vineyard" Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon [Releases 2011]
90+ pts – 2007 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon [Releases May 2010]
Other notes on 2008 Barrel Samples:
90 - 94 pts – 2008 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
90 - 94 pts – 2008 HALL "Bergfeld" St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon
90 - 94 pts – 2008 HALL "Jack’s Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon
90 – 94 pts - 2008 HALL Segassia Vineyard" Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
90 - 94 pts –2008 Hall "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon
90 - 94 pts – 2007 Hall "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon
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 HALL Wines earns #1 Cellar Selection Wine of The Year by Wine Enthusisast
“This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is like a neutron star, with massive power packed into a concentrated mass. Just huge in black currants, black cherries and chocolate, almost as thick as molasses, yet dry and firm and minerally. Vast weight and authority. Will last 15-20 years.”
-Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast
>Discover more about this, and other top rated HALL Cabernets |
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HALL Wines on the cover of the November 15th Wine Spectator
 “There are some exciting newer labels making rapid strides to produce high quality Cabernet. These wineries crafted a number of classic-rated bottlings in 2006 [including] a trio from Hall... most of the high-scoring wines with lower price tags… the Kathryn Hall bottling from Hall (96, $75), for example—are produced in small quantities and sell out quickly.”
–James Laube, Wine Spectator
You can now find HALL on the cover of the November issue of Wine Spectator, in the mail now and available on Newsstands October 27th.
–Order the 2006 HALL “Kathryn Hall” Cabernet Sauvignon
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The Robb Report includes the 2006 HALL "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon among their 100 Perfect Pours!
 "Velvety in texture and alluringly dark, the wine’s black fruit is intriguingly peppered with accents of dried sage, thyme, and mushroom." -Robb Report Host's Guide, 2009
>Click here to read more and view a PDF excerpt from this article
>Order the 2006 HALL "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon |
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Neiman Marcus selects HALL Wines as a Fantasy Gift for their 2009 Christmas Book!
" Kathryn and Craig Hall have spent the past 15 years perfecting precision winemaking using artisan standards, small-vine viticulture, and Earth-friendly practices. For wine and art aficionados, we offer a unique immersion into the art of great winemaking. You and a guest can learn organic, artisan winemaking firsthand, tour the estates, enjoy tastings of exclusive private vintages—and have the singular chance to create your own personal vintage in a private blending session led by HALL Winemaker Steve Leveque. There’s also a personal tour of the Halls’ world-class contemporary art collection with Kathryn as your guide, and in the evening, Kathryn will host a private gourmet dinner and wine event at the winery’s breathtaking Rutherford Estate cave. Your luxury accommodations at the Auberge Resorts Calistoga Ranch will include activities customized for you and your guest. The best part: after your custom blend has aged in French oak barrels, your personal cuvée will be bottled and delivered to you." >Learn More
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HALL Wines Neiman Marcus Fantasy Gift in The Wall Street Journal.
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 We are proud to announce that we have received the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification for our Napa Valley St. Helena winery
becoming the first winery in California to be distinguished as a Gold certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System™.
The HALL St. Helena LEED certified winery is one of most advanced wineries in California, with state-of-the-art facilities designed for ultra-premium wine production. LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that measures a building or community’s performance across all environmental metrics including energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. -Click here for more on LEED, including videos of the project.
HALL earns top reviews in June, 2009 Wine Enthusiast!
2006 HALL "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon - 96 Points -Buy-2006 HALL "Jack's Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon -96 Points (SOLD OUT)
2006 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon -93 Points -Buy-2006 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon -97 Points
Vinography Editor, Alder Yarrow paid us a visit and had a chance to experience the 2006 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon:
"Beautiful, mouth-coating, powdery tannins play footsie with the acidity and fruit, but the mouth feels like it's been left under a blanket of dark cherry fleece. What's not to love about that? This wine possesses some of the sweetest tannins I have ever tasted in my life, to the point that I would have sworn that there was a little residual sugar left in this wine, but both the tech sheet and the winery swear the wine is dry. Delicious." -Read the full article
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Four more 90+ point HALL wines, as rated by the Wine Enthusiast |
2006 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
97 Points -S.H., Wine Enthusiast
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is like a neutron star, with massive power packed into a concentrated mass. Just huge in black currants, black cherries and chocolate, almost as thick as molasses, yet dry and firm and minerally. Vast weight and authority. Will last 15-20 years. Cellar Selection. -S.H., Wine Enthusiast, June 2009
-Releases February 1, 2010
>HALL Club members click here to get the 2005 vintage.
2006 HALL "Kathyn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon
95 Points -S.H., Wine Enthusiast
Outstanding for its purity, and the incredibly fine tannins, not to mention the compelling flavors. Black and red cherries, currants, cola, mushrooms, cedar, anise and spice flavors mingle into a long, rich finish. So balanced and elegant. Made from 95% Sacrashe Vineyard fruit, in the Rutherford AVA -S.H., Wine Enthusiast, June 2009
-Releases September 12, 2009
>HALL Club members click here to get the 2005 vintage.
2006 HALL "Jack's Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon
94 Points -S.H., Wine Enthusiast
A gorgeous Cab in every way. Seduces for its fantastic wealth of black currants, dark chocolate, plum, cedar and spice flavors that are so deep and long. Yet the richness is balanced with beautifully ripe, refined tannins and just-in-time acidity. Distinguished and classic. The grapes are from St. Helena, Diamond Mountain, and HALL's Sacrashe Vineyard. Now through 2012. -S.H., Wine Enthusiast, June 2009
-Releases June 15, 2009
>HALL Club members click here to get the last remaining bottles from the 2005 vintage.
2006 HALL "Bergfeld" St. Helena Cabernet
93 Points -S.H., Wine Enthusiast
From vineyards in the St. Helena appellation comes this soft rich wine. It brims with spice flavors of cherries, currants, chocolate and cedar, wrapped into softly melted tannins. Decadently good, and probably at its best soon. -S.H., Wine Enthusiast, June 2009
-Releases October 17, 2009
>HALL Club members click here to get the 2005 vintage.
-Click here to view our complete collection of top-rated wines.
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| “These are simply tremendous wines.” -Jim Laube, Editor,Wine Spectator |
Jim Laube, Editor for the Wine Spectator reviewed a few of our up-and-coming releases, and had only terrific things to say for these extraordinary wines:
“The three wines are all 100 percent Cabernet, exquisitely balanced, sharply focused and appropriately distinctive. My favorite, if ever so slightly, was the [2006 HALL] "Diamond Mountain District" which is rich, tight and complex, with herb, mocha-laced currant, black olive, mineral and pure earthy-graphite notes, ending with well-integrated tannins.
[The 2006 HALL] "Jack’s Masterpiece" is more elegant, supple and fleshier, with a mix of plum, black cherry, spice and cigar box. It comes from several vineyards, including the valley floor. T
The [2006 HALL] "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Rutherford ($150) is dense, deep, chewy and persistent, with tiers of mocha, loamy earth, currant and berry flavors, with a wonderful finish.”
Discover these wines for yourself
2006 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon -Releases May 4, 2009
>HALL Club members click here to reserve this wine now.
2006 HALL "Jack's Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon -Releases June 15, 2009
>HALL Club members click here to get the last remaining bottles from the 2005 vintage.
2006 HALL "Exzellenz" Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon -Releases February 1, 2010
>HALL Club members click here to get the 2005 vintage. |
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| Announcing the release of the 2006 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon |
 We are thrilled to offer the second vintage of this extraordinary wine. The 2005 vintage enjoyed fantastic reviews from club members and wine critics alike. The new vintage is showing even more elegance and complexity, and is already gaining respect from top wine critics.
Alder Yarrow of Vinography recently had a chance to discover the 2006 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon and had this to say:
'Dark garnet in the glass, this wine has a smoky nose of cherry and cedar aromas. In the mouth it is soft, big, and slightly sweet, with powdery, mouth-coating tannins that wrap around a core of black cherry, cocoa powder, and espresso flavors that are buoyed up by nice acidity. The tannins linger through the finish with a cocoa-like residue." Vinography - Alder Yarrow. April 2, 2009
>Read the full story here
>HALL members click here to get this wine now
>Non-members, click here to join the club and gain instant access to all of our current releases
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95 points for the 2005 HALL "Bergfeld" Cabernet Sauvignon!
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Following up a 93 point rating from the Wine Spectator, The Wine Enthusiast was also impressed with this big, bold Cabernet.
"This is one of those Napa Cabs that tastes glamorous. Even people who know little about wine will taste it and go, Wow. And the longer it sits in the glass and airs, the better it gets. Bone dry, soft and smooth, it shows luscious black currant, plum, sage, spice and cedar flavors, wrapped into finely ground tannins that will enable it to age for a decade." — S.H. (3/1/2009)
>Click here to add this wine to your collection.
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"Steve Leveque: Inside the Mind of a Winemaker" -WineCountry, February, 2009
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 HALL Winemaker Steve Leveque recently sat down with WineCountry to discuss Steve's approach to winemaking.
"You are scheduled to die tomorrow. What does your last meal include (wine specifically)?" >Read the full article
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| HALL Wines debut during GRAMMY Week |
 MusiCares, a charity founded by the Recording Academy and supported by the Grammy Foundation, honors music legend Neil Diamond as its "Person of the Year" at a star-studded dinner and concert to be held on February 6th in Los Angeles. With performances by Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson and many others, this promises to be the must-attend event of GRAMMY Week. HALL Wines is proud to support this extraordinary organization. >Click here for the full story.
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HALL Wines supports the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America.
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HALL wines is honored to announce that the 2005 "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon and the  HALL 2007 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc were served at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Speaker’s Cabinet Luncheon. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, graciously chaired this luncheon in celebration of the Inauguration of Barack Obama on Monday, January 19, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The HALL Wines were eloquently paired with each course.
This truly historical event was joined by Rahm Emanuel, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congressman Mike Thompson and Diane Van Furstenberg. The Speaker’s guests were entertained by performances from Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, and Jon Bon Jovi.
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| 95 Points for the 2005 HALL "Diamond Mountain District" Cabernet Sauvignon |
The inaugural release of our Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon was unveiled with rave reviews. The latest praise comes from Anthony Dias Blue in the December issue of Patterson's Tasting Panel.
"Velvet and silk textures with ripe plum, cassis and black raspberry fruit laced with notes of chocolate and vanilla; rich but graceful, generous and elegant; lush yet classically structured; a great wine from a great year." 95 points. -Anthony Dias Blue
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| Robert Parker, Wine Advocate gives the 2005 HALL "Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points! |
"The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (primarily estate fruit) reveals a deep ruby/purple color as well as sweet, tarry, black currant, and chocolate notes with hints of wood smoke and spice box... It should drink beautifully for 15 or more years."
—Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, December, 2008
>Learn More about our 90+ point Cabernets
Even more praise for our flagship Cabernet...
Wine Enthusiast awards the 2005 HALL "Kathryn Hall" Cabernet Sauvignon 92 points
"Firmly tannic and dry, this Cabernet, which was blended with a little Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot, is one for the cellar. The tannins are tough and astringent, but when they melt away over the next decade or so, they’ll leave behind sweet currants, cedar and violets." Wine Enthusiast Magazine, December, 2008
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| Wine Spectator awards the 2005 "Bergfeld" Cabernet Sauvignon 93 points |
Our St. Helena "HALL Estate" vineyard was among the first in Napa Valley when it was originally planted in 1859. Our Bergfeld Cabernet Sauvignon celebrates the legacy of pioneering wine grower Robert Bergfeld, who owned our historic winery from 1894 until 1910.
"Impeccably balanced and sumptuous, this is supple, ripe and juicy, with complex plum, black cherry, raspberry, black olive and savory cigar box spices. Full-bodied, elegant and polished. Long and complex on the finish. Drink now through 2017."
—James Laube, Wine Spectator, November 10, 2008
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Praise for the HALL portfolio of Artisinal Wines and Signature Gift Sets
T. Alexander, editor of Gourmet Station recently discovered HALL Wines and had this to say: “Every now & then you come across a site with a story and a product too good not to share. Hall’s Estate Vineyard.” Click here to read more! |
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HALL Wines is proud to partner with The Center for Land-Based Learning's Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship Program (SLEWS) to provide an engaging learning experience for local high school students.
On October 9th and November 12th local high school students will work with HALL on a revegetation project at our Napa River Ranch Vineyard. This will include replanting of cover crops where an old fish barrier was removed earlier this year. The project will not only have a positive effect on the land, but will also engage the students in a real habitat restoration project while enhancing the students' knowledge of the local ecosystem.
Click here to learn more about SLEWS.
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| USA Today columnist Jerry Shriver recently recommended the 2005 HALL Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon |
 "The days are gone (if they ever existed) when one could blithely throw some extra money at an unfamiliar bottle in the hopes that it would bring exceptional rewards. Researching a wine beforehand is more important than ever, and so is honestly reassessing where your true passions lie so that you can more easily restrict your impulse purchases." - Read More
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Seeing Green
HALL Wines was recently featured on 1GreenProduct.com, a blog that offers news and reviews on green products. Read the full review here.
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| Our newest addition to the HALL Artisan collection, "Jack's Masterpiece" Cabernet Sauvignon released over Father's Day weekend and made quite a splash in the news and online community. Read all about it here!
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HALL's Wineries featured in the June 15th edition of the Los Angeles Times.
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Jenn Garbee, special to the Los Angeles Times had this to say after her visit to the HALL St. Helena and HALL Rutherford Wineries:
"After a long weekend of art-filled wine tastings, it was the two markedly different properties owned by Craig Hall, founder of Hall Financial Group in Dallas, and his wife, Kathryn, that inspired us most." Read More. |
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| HALL Wines & Wine parties on iVillage.com |
| iVillage.com's Food Rush feature discusses how HALL Wines can be an inspiration for your next wine tasting party. Read More. |
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HALL Removes Fish Barrier at Napa River Ranch Vineyard |
| At HALL we take our commitment to the environment very seriously. We believe that a healthy environment leads to better grapes and better wines. Last month we wrapped up a dam removal project at our Napa River Ranch vineyard. The dam, built in 1965 on Dry Creek had once served to protect the area's vineyards from frost damage and has been credited with reducing the population of steelhead trout and Chinook salmon in the area. The goals of the dam removal project were to improve water availability and passage for fish and to protect the eroding stream banks. Read the whole story here. |
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| The Washington Post gives praise to the 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
“The 2005 HALL Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich, ripe red with concentrated blackberry and black cherry fruitiness and hints of baking spices. Though we relished it this month… it will continue to evolve over the next seven to 10 years.”
Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, Washington Post, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Read The full story Here. |
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| Chef Mark Tafoya of Remarkable Palate speaks with Kathryn Hall at the Per Se restaurant in New York City. |
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Kathryn Hall recently lead a guided tasting of HALL Wines at the Per Se Restaurant in New York City. Here she discusses her dream of making fine Cabernet Sauvignon with Chef Mark Tafoya. Click here to listen.
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| HALL 2006 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc makes Washington Post "Staff Picks" for March 2008 |
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"Brightly refreshing, grapefruit-noted white to accompany a variety of dishes, including salads and seafood, this spring."
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LPGA Tour star Cristie Kerr Speaks highly of HALL & our Kathryn Hall
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"Lots of fruit here," she says. "I'm getting a strong flavor of black cherry. This isn't an earthy Cab; it doesn't have that musty taste. An '01 has a bit of age on it. The tannins have softened. You can tell it was really potent when bottled. This one's a keeper." Read More. |
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| HALL 2004 Napa Valley Merlot chosen as one of the top ten merlots of the year by Wine News Magazine. |
"Hall, 2004 Napa Valley - $28: Reserved scents of chocolate and raspberry with secondary nuances of minerals and dust. Ripe flavors of black cherry and sugared plum. Velvety tannins and lingering raspberry notes in the smooth finish. (3,429 cases) - BL"
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| HALL 2006 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc Wins Double Gold at the South Florida Business Journal's inaugural Fine American Wine Competition in Boca Raton. |
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About 400 attendees sampled 400 different wines at a gala dinner at the Boca Raton Resort & Club's Mizner Center on Oct. 25. The event is believed to be the first-ever U.S. wine competition to limit entries to American products with a threshold wine value. READ MORE. | |
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| Read Philanthropy Magazine's exclusive interview with Craig and Kathryn Hall. |
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Harvest is in full swing! CLICK HERE to see Winemaker Richard Batchelor and Vineyard Director Patty Saldivar's Exclusive Harvest Report.
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| Read AppellationAmerica's Interview with HALL Wines President Mike Reynolds and Vineyard Manager Patty Saldivar. |
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HALL Wines president Mike Reynolds and Vineyard Manager Patty Saldivar sat down with AppellationAmerica Regional Editor Alan Goldfarb to discuss HALL's portfolio of single vineyard wines. READ |
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| Craig Hall is honored with The Horatio Alger Award. Read The full story from the Napa Valley Register. |
Craig Hall earned the Horatio Alger Award for 2007 — honoring people who have succeeded in spite of adversity. He was honored in Washington, D.C., with 10 other recipients — including NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. READ MORE
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Read The San Francisco Chronicle's interview with Kathryn Hall.
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The home of Kathryn and Craig Hall makes the senses hum. The first thing you notice is the art: contemporary paintings and sculpture from Jackson Pollock to Frank Stella to Roy Lichtenstein, as well as pieces by emerging artists from around the world and Buddhas calming the corners. READ MORE
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HALL 2006 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc Wins
the Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition! |
Thirty-seven oyster-loving food and wine writers, restaurateurs, oyster growers and
oyster lovers at-large have selected ten equal winners from 20 finalist wines in the
2007 Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition, a popular annual competition to find
the best West Coast wine matches for oysters. Three Oregon and seven California
white wines, including five crisp Sauvignon Blancs, three bright, refreshing Pinot Gris,
a dry Chenin Blanc and a crisp, unoaked Chardonnay prevailed over 185 entries in
the only wine competition to judge a wine by how it goes with a food. more...
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| Read Private Clubs magazine's exclusive interview with Craig and Kathryn. |
He is a Michigan boy who started in business at the tender age of 10, dropped out of college, but kept his entrepreneurial eye on the prize, and today, at 57, runs a multibillion-dollar Dallas-based investment firm. She is a pharmacist-turned-farmer’s daughter from California who was president of the Young Republicans on the turbulent University of California-Berkeley campus in the 1960s, went to work as a lawyer, switched political parties, and served from 1997 to 2001 as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria.
Together, Kathryn and Craig Hall have turned their attention, talents, and shared passion for wine to the Napa Valley, where their Hall Winery has become the talk of the town, as well as the industry. Amid the hustle and bustle of the recent harvest, the Halls took time to sit down with Private Clubs contributor Scott Gummer... READ MORE
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Our Most Evolutionary Event Yet; The Debut of Our Darwin Red!
What do you do after safely crash-landing a prop plane in the Australian city of Darwin?
Create a namesake red wine to mark the adventure, of course! Our 2005 Darwin
Proprietary Red is our newest and most unique winery-exclusive wine to date. This is
a juicy, fat-bottomed Cabernet-Syrah blend crafted from HALL’s Napa Valley estate
vineyards. The Darwin will be included in our May Wine Club shipment and will be made
available for sale online after May 5th.
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Wine Enthusiast Awards 93 Points to 2003 Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon.
“What a roll this winery has been on the last several vintages. The ‘03 is huge, showing
masses of forward, classic Cabernet fruit. Just erupts with dark berry-cherry, plum
boysenberry and coffee flavors with rich, butterscotchy, gingersnap cookie note….
Best 2009-2015.” Cellar Selection Wine Enthusiast, December 15, 2006
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