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
Wine and Community for Nonprofits with Ross Halleck | The Nonprofit Exchange: Leadership Tools & Strategies podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
