Ross Halleck's guest appearances

Ross Halleck

The Nonprofit Exchange: Leadership Tools & Strategies

SoCal Restaurant Show

California Wine Country

The Vine Guy

Nicole Salengo

Charles Krug

Joel Aiken

Justin Seidenfeld

Remi Cohen

Erica Stancliff

Merry Edwards

Tim McDonald

Bernadette Byrne

David Ramey

Francis Ford Coppola

Bob Cabral

Dan Petroski

Alan Baker

Alexander Valley

OwlTail

Amber Lucas

Ross Halleck of Halleck Vineyard joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country today.  They begin tasting a 2019 Gewurtz from Halleck Vineyard which just won best of class in the North Coast wine competition. It won a gold medal and Dan Berger was on the judging panel. Ross Halleck likes Alsatian white wines, which he got to know while living in Kenya as a young man. The merchant class at that time was primarily Indian. He grew up on Italian food in Illinois but in Kenya, the restaurants were Indian and he discovered those flavors. They liked to serve Gewurtztraminer.  Ross calls it a dry Gewurtztraminer, as it has no sugar. Amber fell in love with Gewurtztraminer when she found that it had floral fruit-forward flavors that the likes about red wine. Dan Berger says this is a style of wine that is very hard to make. He says it is partially red, pink in the late season. As time goes by on the vine, the red skin color comes out, signifying tannins. That can make the wine bitter. Rick Davis make sure the grapes are not pressed heavily, so the juice is not bitter and keeping the alcohol as low as possible. “It’s a very tricky process.” They also taste a 2017 Pinot Noir from Halleck Vineyard. This is the variety that Halleck is best known for. “It’s always a fabulous experience…” Rick Davis, the winemaker, gets flavor and aromatics before color, and the wine is pale, that’s the Russian River Valley style. Ross calls it garnet or ruby color, Dan Berger says it’s perfect Burgundy color. It’s not a “fruit bomb” wine. Dan Berger says it is really elegant, and that’s what good quality Burgundy is about. Next they have a 2017 Three Suns, which Ross calls their “handshake wine” which is priced such that it can be sold by the glass at restaurants. It brings people to their door. They sell exclusively to their wine club, and 10 or 15% of their product goes to selected restaurants in Sonoma County, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. Ross Halleck talks about how difficult 2017 was, with the fires. They did not have smoke issues because the fires happened after harvest, and the vintage was ideal, like clockwork, with bud break in early March and 6 months on the vines, no issues with mold or mitigation. We now know that you’ve got to harvest these Russian River Valley Pinot Noir grapes early. Their crew did not show up on the morning they needed to harvest and so they had to do it themselves, which was very hard work. This Pinot Noir comes to the pinnacle of quality, in Dan Berger’s estimation.

Ross Halleck of <a href="https://halleckvineyard.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Halleck Vineyard</a> joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country today.  <a href="https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.148/a1j.e4a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Halleck_DryG-583x1024-2.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>They begin tasting a 2019 Gewurtz from Halleck Vineyard which just won best of class in the North Coast wine competition. It won a gold medal and Dan Berger was on the judging panel. Ross Halleck likes Alsatian white wines, which he got to know while living in Kenya as a young man. The merchant class at that time was primarily Indian. He grew up on Italian food in Illinois but in Kenya, the restaurants were Indian and he discovered those flavors. They liked to serve Gewurtztraminer.  Ross calls it a dry Gewurtztraminer, as it has no sugar. Amber fell in love with Gewurtztraminer when she found that it had floral fruit-forward flavors that the likes about red wine. Dan Berger says this is a style of wine that is very hard to make. He says it is partially red, pink in the late season. As time goes by on the vine, the red skin color comes out, signifying tannins. That can make the wine bitter. Rick Davis make sure the grapes are not pressed heavily, so the juice is not bitter and keeping the alcohol as low as possible. “It’s a very tricky process.” They also taste a 2017 Pinot Noir from Halleck Vineyard. This is the variety that Halleck is best known for. “It’s always a fabulous experience…” Rick Davis, the winemaker, gets flavor and aromatics before color, and the wine is pale, that’s the Russian River Valley style. Ross calls it garnet or ruby color, Dan Berger says it’s perfect Burgundy color. It’s not a “fruit bomb” wine. Dan Berger says it is really elegant, and that’s what good quality Burgundy is about. Next they have a 2017 Three Suns, which Ross calls their “handshake wine” which is priced such that it can be sold by the glass at restaurants. It brings people to their door. They sell exclusively to their wine club, and 10 or 15% of their product goes to selected restaurants in Sonoma County, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. Ross Halleck talks about how difficult 2017 was, with the fires. They did not have smoke issues because the fires happened after harvest, and the vintage was ideal, like clockwork, with bud break in early March and 6 months on the vines, no issues with mold or mitigation. We now know that you’ve got to harvest these Russian River Valley Pinot Noir grapes early. Their crew did not show up on the morning they needed to harvest and so they had to do it themselves, which was very hard work. This Pinot Noir comes to the pinnacle of quality, in Dan Berger’s estimation.

Ross Halleck from Halleck Vineyard

Josh Groban

Ross Halleck is a lover of all things Pinot Noir and so, it turns out, is singer Josh Groban. Several years ago, Josh reached out to Ross and asked him to team up to make a very special blend for a very special project. In addition to Pinot, Ross also makes a wine that usually does not get a lot of attention in California; Gewürztraminer. Drink in the episode with Halleck Vineyard’s Ross Halleck.  Wines tasted in this episode: 2019 Halleck Vineyard “Calendrelli” Gewürztraminer 2017 Halleck Vineyard “Three Sons” Cuvee Pinot Noir

Ross Halleck is a lover of all things Pinot Noir and so, it turns out, is singer Josh Groban. Several years ago, Josh reached out to Ross and asked him to team up to make a very special blend for a very special project. In addition to Pinot, Ross also makes a wine that usually does not get a lot of attention in California; Gewürztraminer. Drink in the episode with Halleck Vineyard’s Ross Halleck. Wines tasted in this episode: 2019 Halleck Vineyard “Calendrelli” Gewürztraminer 2017 Halleck Vineyard “Three Sons” Cuvee Pinot Noir

Singer Josh Groban and winemaker Ross Halleck team up to find your light

 Wine and Community:How Wine Events Build Community and Income with Ross Halleck  [caption id="attachment_2166" align="alignleft" width="313"]Ross Halleck, Founder of Halleck Vineyard[/caption] Ross Halleck, Principal and Founder of Halleck Vineyard is a man of many talents and a colorful history. After traveling halfway around the world with a backpack, in his early 20s, he settled in Western Kenya to teach secondary school in a small village on Lake Victoria. Returning to the US, he completed school at UC Santa Cruz in marketing communication and founded a branding agency in 1980 at the birth of Silicon Valley. In pursuit of mutual passions, Ross focused his creativity on both high technology and wine with offices in Silicon Valley and Sonoma County. In 1992, Ross planted a Pinot Noir vineyard on the Sonoma Coast. His first 2001 vintage was judged the #1 Pinot Noir in the US. This launched Halleck Vineyard, which focuses on four varietals: Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Dry Gewurztraminer, and it’s newest, a Dry White Zinfandel.. Between 2016 -2018 alone, Halleck Vineyard earned over 50 medals in 10 national and international competitions.  Most were Gold. Every wine earned a Gold Medal in multiple events.  Halleck Vineyard wines have been featured in multiple wine publications, including the Wine Spectator. In 2019, Halleck Vineyard was judged #1 Pinot Noir in North America in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. This is the largest, oldest and most respected in the country. 7200 wines competed. Further, Halleck Vineyard was awarded not one, but two Best Of Class Awards, for two the two top price categories of Pinot Noir. They were also awarded a Double Gold and Silver in the same year. No other winery in the 40 year history of this competition has achieved this. The spirit behind Halleck Vineyard is “Building Community Through Wine.” They accomplish this by:  Welcome people to their home for private tastings. Sharing experiences around the world.  Supporting philanthropic endeavors that touch their hearts.  In 2017, Ross Halleck began a partnership with Josh Groban and his Find Your Light Foundation to support education in the arts in the public schools in the United States. Their first vintage, a Halleck Vineyard 2014, Find Your Light, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir sold out in four months. The 2015 vintage was released at the Find Your Light Foundation Gala in May, 2018. To date, Halleck Vineyard has assisted in raising approximately $200K for the Find Your Light Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

<h1> Wine and Community: How Wine Events Build Community and Income with Ross Halleck </h1> [caption id="attachment_2166" align="alignleft" width="313"]Ross Halleck, Founder of Halleck Vineyard[/caption] Ross Halleck, Principal and Founder of Halleck Vineyard is a man of many talents and a colorful history. After traveling halfway around the world with a backpack, in his early 20s, he settled in Western Kenya to teach secondary school in a small village on Lake Victoria. Returning to the US, he completed school at UC Santa Cruz in marketing communication and founded a branding agency in 1980 at the birth of Silicon Valley. In pursuit of mutual passions, Ross focused his creativity on both high technology and wine with offices in Silicon Valley and Sonoma County. In 1992, Ross planted a Pinot Noir vineyard on the Sonoma Coast. His first 2001 vintage was judged the #1 Pinot Noir in the US. This launched Halleck Vineyard, which focuses on four varietals: Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Dry Gewurztraminer, and it’s newest, a Dry White Zinfandel.. Between 2016 -2018 alone, Halleck Vineyard earned over 50 medals in 10 national and international competitions.  Most were Gold. Every wine earned a Gold Medal in multiple events.  Halleck Vineyard wines have been featured in multiple wine publications, including the Wine Spectator. In 2019, Halleck Vineyard was judged #1 Pinot Noir in North America in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. This is the largest, oldest and most respected in the country. 7200 wines competed. Further, Halleck Vineyard was awarded not one, but two Best Of Class Awards, for two the two top price categories of Pinot Noir. They were also awarded a Double Gold and Silver in the same year. No other winery in the 40 year history of this competition has achieved this. The spirit behind Halleck Vineyard is “Building Community Through Wine.” They accomplish this by: <ol> <li>Welcome people to their home for private tastings.</li> <li>Sharing experiences around the world.</li> <li> Supporting philanthropic endeavors that touch their hearts.</li> </ol> In 2017, Ross Halleck began a partnership with Josh Groban and his Find Your Light Foundation to support education in the arts in the public schools in the United States. Their first vintage, a Halleck Vineyard 2014, Find Your Light, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir sold out in four months. The 2015 vintage was released at the Find Your Light Foundation Gala in May, 2018. To date, Halleck Vineyard has assisted in raising approximately $200K for the Find Your Light Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Wine and Community for Nonprofits with Ross Halleck