The Entrepreneur and the Ambassador

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A World in a Cellar
Decanting
Greece's Enduring Wine Heritage
Boutique Chocolate

Craig and Kathryn Hall make an investment as big as Texas in Napa Valley

Daniel Sogg
Issue: November 15, 2003

So who says the prognosis is grim for the California wine industry? Certainly not Dallas entrepreneur Craig Hall and his wife, Kathryn, who are diving headfirst into an ambitious wine operation. Backed by the financial muscle of a business empire worth more than $1 billion, they've already spent $34 million -- nearly all of it in cash -- on a production facility and four properties with 276 acres of vineyards.

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