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

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.

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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