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2025 Harvest Recap: the Tortoise Crosses the Finish Line

Last Tuesday, with small clean-up picks of Grenache, Cinsaut, and Counoise and one recalcitrant lot of Bourboulenc (more on that later) we completed the 2025 harvest. This was the 11th week of harvest, which was our longest in more than two decades and our second-longest ever.

New Jersey: doing everything it can to make its direct shipping permit unworkable

There is a belief among wine lovers that the direct shipping battle is over, with a clean victory for wineries and consumers. And for 90% of the US population, it's fairly straightforward. Then there's New Jersey.

Harvest 2025 draws to a close, interrupted but not derailed by rain

Early Tuesday morning, we brought in Mourvedre from our Scruffy Hill block. Ian got up early to document it, and got some dramatic photos that he shared in our social media feeds, including the below cover photo: With that pick, we have brought in our last substantial block and are

Sustainability, Hotel Towels, and the One Block Challenge

More than a decade ago, I wrote a blog I called Common Sense Sustainability in which I proposed that in order for a sustainability initiative to attain broad acceptance, it needed to be something that offered more than just the promise of a better world: it needed to help the

All Walks of Life: An Interview with the 2025 Harvest Interns

Meet the 2025 Tablas Creek Vineyard harvest interns! Ashley, Courtney, Jordyn, and Megan bring diverse backgrounds in viticulture, sustainability, and regenerative agriculture to Paso Robles, each adding their own energy and passion to our cellar and the #Harvest2025 season.

A Farewell to Typepad

In November of 2005, I started the Tablas Creek blog with a brief post welcoming people and promising to "share thoughts on what's going on at the winery and around the country, as well as share thoughts and insights on the state of Paso Robles, Rhone varietals,

Harvest 2025 at its Midpoint: Hurry Up and Wait

At a time when we're usually at the peak of harvest, we instead spent much of the week in a holding pattern. Early Wednesday morning, a rare thunderstorm rolled through, caused by a cutoff low left behind after the passage of tropical storm Mario last week.

2025 Harvest Update: A warm August gets things going, then a September cooldown pushes pause

Sometimes harvest hits like a ton of bricks. Not this year. We're almost two weeks into the 2025 harvest, and it still feels like things are ramping up. On August 28th, we brought in our first estate lot, off of our oldest Viognier planting.

The Wine Atlas Collective: Like a Passport for Your Member Benefits

Earlier this summer, we announced a new collaboration with seven other wineries around the United States. It's called the Wine Atlas Collective. The collective is the brain child of Janie Heuck, Managing Director of Brooks Winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. I've long admired Brooks

Introducing the Fenaughty Vineyard, the newest addition to our Lignée de Tablas series... and the Mansfield family responsible for its greatness

By Austin Collins With the recent release of the 2024 Lignée de Tablas Fenaughty Blanc and the upcoming release of the 2023 Lignée de Tablas Fenaughty (red) we thought it was high time we shared what makes the Fenaughty Vineyard so special. A big part of this is the remarkable

2025 Harvest Recap: the Tortoise Crosses the Finish Line

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All Walks of Life: An Interview with the 2025 Harvest Interns

A Farewell to Typepad

Harvest 2025 at its Midpoint: Hurry Up and Wait

2025 Harvest Update: A warm August gets things going, then a September cooldown pushes pause

The Wine Atlas Collective: Like a Passport for Your Member Benefits

Introducing the Fenaughty Vineyard, the newest addition to our Lignée de Tablas series... and the Mansfield family responsible for its greatness

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