A lively husband and wife team recounts their twenty-year climb from amateur winemakers to recipients of an nearly unheard-of perfect rating from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

Kathryn and Craig Hall launched themselves mind initial into Napa Valley twenty years ago using the purchase of an 1885 winery rather than looked back. Because the couple’s buy of their debut winery, their critically acclaimed HALL Wines and WALT Wines have grown to be fixtures of the California wines industry, winning several accolades including a coveted 100-stage ‘perfect rating.’ AN IDEAL SCORE weaves a vibrant tale of the HALL brand’s meteoric rise to achievement, Napa Valley’s tug-of-war between localism and travel and leisure, as well as the evolving nature of the wine industry all together. Listeners who like a good cup of wine will find much to take pleasure from in the Halls’ expert account of the art, spirit, and business of today’s winery.