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“Dan and Ellen truly have a passion and love for not just the wine they produce, but the region, community, and the people that make up the amazing Santa Rita hills area. They take pride and passion...”
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“Dan and Ellen truly have a passion and love for not just the wine they produce, but the region, community, and the people that make up the amazing Santa Rita hills area. They take pride and passion in everything they do and that shows in every pour you get from this vineyard. If you have not yet sampled wines from this amazing vineyard you are truly missing out on some of the best wine in this region. ”
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Aaron Roth
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About Us
Kessler-Haak Vineyard is located on HWY 246, 11 miles west of Buellton. Planted in 2005 by winergrower/winemaker Dan Kessler and his wife Ellen Haak (hawk) Kessler, their 30 acre vineyard is dedicated to the production of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah for Kessler-Haak wines and a few select winemakers focusing on vineyard desigated wines.
How We Got Started
A love for wine started Dan on a journey that took on a life of its own.
Drinking wine led to learning about wine, to making wine as a home winemaker and to planting 200 vines in his back yard.
Next came a Winemaker's Certificate from the first UC Davis Distance Learning program and a growing fondness for Pinot Noir.
He and Ellen fell in love with the Sta. Rita Hills region, purchased a 40 acre parcel and planted a 30 acre vineyard in 2005.
and the rest is history.....
The products and services we offer
Products & Services
We offer event space for weddings, dinners, music and special occasions for up to 110 guests.
Our wines and logo items are available at:
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Recommendations Given (64)
"great couple, great food!"
"Excellent winemaker and wines, very knowledgeable about growing and making wine, knows the Santa..."
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"Excellent winemaker and wines, very knowledgeable about growing and making wine, knows the Santa Barbara and Santa Maria regions, created the Sta. Rita Hills AVA and several other AVA's in Santa Barbara County along with other winemakers. All around nice guy! :)"
Recent Activity
comparing 2019 to 2021 from May thru July to date, unique visits to our tasting room are down 18% and sales are down 5%. At this point, I am cautiously optimistic about our future. I am very worried about inflation resulting from all the additional paper money the government has printed to...
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comparing 2019 to 2021 from May thru July to date, unique visits to our tasting room are down 18% and sales are down 5%. At this point, I am cautiously optimistic about our future. I am very worried about inflation resulting from all the additional paper money the government has printed to deal with the pandemic.
As a small business, how can you be prepared to shut down? Gee, the rent is still due (why don't they freeze having to pay rent?). Those loans you had to take out for the last couple of lockdowns are still due (why don't they freeze loan payments?). I want the government to just leave me...
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As a small business, how can you be prepared to shut down? Gee, the rent is still due (why don't they freeze having to pay rent?). Those loans you had to take out for the last couple of lockdowns are still due (why don't they freeze loan payments?). I want the government to just leave me alone and let me decide what to do if they aren't going to also shut down all the things that continue to drain my funds. Very tired of this crap and the politicians trying to figure out how they can take advantage of our pain for their gain. The latest stimulus bill was stalled for political gains during the election while we suffered. It's 5000 pages long and stocked full of political pork that has absolutely nothing to do with this pandemic. What a very bad joke. and our potentially new President's holiday speech was "darker days are still ahead of us and it's going to get a lot worse." I think I know what that means.... Wait, I know how we can fix it: Socialism!
yes, I would.
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yes, I would.
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We just built it ourselves using square space in an afternoon. Aside from that, content was the biggest challenge. check out the site and see what you can do yourself: kesslerhaakwine.com
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We just built it ourselves using square space in an afternoon. Aside from that, content was the biggest challenge. check out the site and see what you can do yourself: kesslerhaakwine.com
at least 90%
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at least 90%
best advice: don't get into the food business....
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best advice: don't get into the food business....
Because people have been lead to believe bottled water is better for them than any other source of water. It makes big money for companies that sell it.....
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Because people have been lead to believe bottled water is better for them than any other source of water. It makes big money for companies that sell it.....
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