{"id":9321,"date":"2026-08-18T07:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/from-veins-to-vines-a-haematologist-on-his-way-to-bordeaux\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:22:40","slug":"from-veins-to-vines-a-haematologist-on-his-way-to-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/en\/from-veins-to-vines-a-haematologist-on-his-way-to-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"From Veins to Vines: A haematologist on the journey to Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9321\" class=\"elementor elementor-9321 elementor-9283\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00ae888 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00ae888\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e56760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e56760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">24.02.2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d43eb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d43eb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Veins to Vines: A haematologist on the \njourney to Bordeaux <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb0a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7cb0a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d504f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2d504f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Professor Michael Halleks came to lead a remarkable life \u2014 from cancer researcher to organic winegrower \u2014 \nfeatured in ASH Clinical News. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f95bb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f95bb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca30004\" data-id=\"ca30004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9797da8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9797da8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When the American Society of Hematology featured Michael Hallek in its journal ASH Clinical News under the title \u2018From Veins to Vines\u2019 featured, it captured the essence of Ch\u00e2teau Le Pin Beausoleil: the story of a world-renowned doctor and scientist, who in the vineyards of the M\u00e9doc found a second vocation .<\/p>\n<p>For more than two decades Michael Hallek has pursued an outstanding career in the fields of haematology and oncology at the University in Cologne combined with a passion for organic viticulture in Bordeaux . What began as a bold adventure has, has become an essential part of his life has become \u2014 and of the life of the winery. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3be3f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a3be3f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c1df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61c1df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Guillain-Barr\u00e9 to a new beginning <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6cf26b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6cf26b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-467129b\" data-id=\"467129b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f8b0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2f8b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"--l --r container-target\"><span class=\"--l --r bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-500 text-unit-target\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9293 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/michael-hallek-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Michael Hallek\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/michael-hallek-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/michael-hallek.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The path to winemaking was not a straightforward one. A serious illness \u2014 Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 syndrome \u2014 and the subsequent recovery made him to the transience of life in a profound way to reflect. Together with a favourable financial opportunity following his exit from a biotechnology company the decision was made: Le Pin Beausoleil was to become a reality .  <\/p>\n<p>This personal turning point is woven into every vintage. The acquired winery in 2004 has since then produced twenty vintages under the management of Michael and Ingrid Hallek produced \u2014 each and every one shaped by the same patience, modesty and the respect for the nature, which have determined this path from the very beginning. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"--l --r container-target\"><span class=\"--l --r bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-500 text-unit-target\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef6507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bef6507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02f51c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02f51c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Prevention of burnout\" <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0df4990 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0df4990\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1099a8d\" data-id=\"1099a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d62b0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d62b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"page-1\" class=\"_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug\" data-testid=\"page-0\">In an ASH Clinical News interview, Michael Hallek describes wine-making as his \u201canti-burnout strategy\u201d \u2014 a source of balance, which gives him amidst the demands of clinical practice and research. Working in the vineyard, he says, teaches patience in a certain way, just as it medicine rarely is able to.  <br>The parallels between the two worlds are striking. Both involve setbacks. Both call for humility in the face of forces greater than oneself. Neither brings immediate success. And in both, the rewards come not from rushing the process, but from trusting it    <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-489536a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"489536a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc568d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbc568d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A story that is worth sharing <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d3b62a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d3b62a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a38d66\" data-id=\"7a38d66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e14acb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e14acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9309 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ASH_Clinical_News_Logo-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ASH_Clinical_News_Logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lepinbeausoleil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ASH_Clinical_News_Logo.png 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full article, written by science journalist Emma Yasinski for the August 2026 issue of ASH Clinical News, is a wonderful portrait of the person behind the wines that we love \u2014 and a reminder that, that great wine, like great medicine, is based on devotion, resilience and the willingness to, from nature to learn.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to read the original article on the ASH Clinical News website at:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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