TALIA HAYKIN
Founder | CEO
Until meeting Daniel, Talia had little knowledge of cider. It was limited to farm stands and the occasional “that looks good” on liquor store shelves. Together with Daniel, Talia learned more about apple varieties and the rich history of apples and hard cider in the United States. As they worked to grow their family, they also grew in their love for cider.
In her previous “real life,” Talia was a Denver-based writer and social media strategist. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Dance Performance from Jacksonville University and Master’s Degree in Applied Communication with a focus on Public Relations and Marketing from the University of Denver. She has served as the Public Relations Director for Ballet Nouveau Colorado and Chief Marketing Officer for the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center, amongst others roles in her career. Talia has worked with a wide variety of clients in many industries through her freelance business doing social media marketing, content curation, and website development.
In March of 2020 she transitioned to running Haykin Family Cider full time. It’s a running joke around HFC that she does everything but make the cider - from sales to shipping to taxes to HR. She’s been known to man the bottler and fix the label machine as well.
In her “free time,” she enjoys their family garden, wrangling the Chief Sales Officer, CEO In Training, Assistant to the Assistant Regional Manager, and Mascot. She very occasionally blogs at Talia, She Wrote.
DANIEL HAYKIN
Founder | Cidermaker
Daniel came to cider from a love of champagne and sparkling wine but his drive to make the best cider came from trying to impress Talia. It was constant trial and error until they landed on a style that was sparkling wine-like, unique and just what they both enjoyed drinking. Daniel’s focus on excellence can be seen in his relationships with his growers, selection of apples, care during the production process, focus on packaging, and his general depth of knowledge around his product. But that’s not what he will tell you. In his words “I worked on Wall Street, I moved to Denver, and work with my father growing our clients’ future. Oh and I make cider.”
Having graduated from the University of Rochester, Daniel spent several years working on Wall Street for Moodys and Lehman Brothers. Currently, he works with his father as an investment advisor at Haykin Wealth Management.
In his “free time,” he enjoys doing CrossFit, working in the family garden, playing LEGOs with the Chief Sales Officer, wrestling with the CEO In Training, and making the Assistant to the Assistant Regional Manager giggle.
DAVID
Chief Sales Officer | third Grader
David is eight years old and a big fan of apples. In fact, it was one of his first words (after ‘uh oh’). He loves helping out his papa and has been known to climb into a 500 gallon tank and declare “this is my cider house.” He loves funky apples and will happily eat a whole crab apple every morning on his way to school.
In his free time he likes to play LEGOs with his papa, read Harry Potter with his mom, ride his bike, throw Soba her monkey, and let his sister “borrow” a magnatile (only one). He currently is loving being a double big brother and not loving but totally rocking learning to read and write fiction stories. Plus word searches and Harry Potter are the best!
EVA
CEO in Training | Kindergartener
Eva was born less than a week after our tasting room opened in February 2018. She loves apples and still thinks it’s super annoying that she can’t have any cider. Her favorite thing about going to the cider house is getting her “spwarkwing water.” She likes to do anything her brother does, much to his annoyance.
In her free time, she likes taking care of her baby dolls (including one named ‘baby carrot’), hanging out with Ted (the teddy bear), packing up her purse to go to gymnastics, fighting off the putties like a good Power Ranger, checking on baby brother, and generally doing anything David is doing. She’s pretty thrilled to be both a LITTLE sister and a BIG sister.
Avi
Assistant to the Assistant regional Manager | Cute toddler
Avi has graduated to toddlerhood and he isn’t shy about it. He’s always running and no robovacuum or dog is safe. He is the happiest little guy and loves making everyone around him smile. His laugh is still the best sound around but he is serious when you open a cider… he will demand his own ‘dink!
SOBA SCHNOODLE
Official Cider Mascot
Soba is very good at looking cute and barking at people who are helping press apples. She’s not a real fan of eating apples but she’s a good supervisor, though she’d rather be napping in the sun.
In her free time… who are we kidding, she has the most free time in the company. She loves carrying her monkey around, naps, and waiting for her siblings to drop food.
