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Jason Haas

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,

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

Veraison 2025: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Veraison, if you're unfamiliar with the term, is a physiological stage of grape development where the berries stop accumulating mass and start accumulating sugar. More visibly, red grapes start their color change from green, while white grapes take on more of a yellow tint. Both red and white

Tasting the Wines in the Fall 2025 VINsider Wine Club Shipments

Each spring and fall, we send out a selection of six wines to the members of our VINsider Wine Club. We have three variants each time: our classic (mixed) selection, which includes reds, whites, and the occasional rose, a white wine selection, and a red wine selection. In many cases,

Rethinking the Entrance to Tablas Creek

Visitors to our tasting room over the past month may have noticed a new design in our front entry area. We reimagined this space to provide an area where guests can take a quintessential Tablas Creek tasting room visit photo to share through social media. The focus of the space is the Beaucastel-Tab

Tasting the Library Wines in the Fall 2025 VINsider "Collector's Edition" Shipment

Each summer, I taste through library vintages of our Esprit and Esprit Blanc to choose the wines for the upcoming VINsider Wine Club Collector's Edition shipment. We created the Collector's Edition version of our VINsider Wine Club back in 2009 to give our biggest fans a

Don't sleep on the importance of Paso Robles' chilly nights

On Monday, I got back from two weeks of vacation in Italy. It was a lovely trip with family celebrating a milestone birthday for my mom. I come back having felt like I unplugged successfully from work, which I'm not always great at doing. Our destination within Italy

Grenache Through the Years: A Study of Delectation

By Chelsea Franchi Wine, at its very core, is about joy. Even within the most lauded, serious, imposing bottles, there’s a spark of elation to be found and savored. There is joy in the wine itself, of course – but just as much in the hearts of those who share

A Local Gem Shines at Tablas Creek: We Interview Tasting Room Lead Jules Giese

By Ian Consoli When guests visit our tasting room, there's a handful of faces they are almost guaranteed to see. There's the old guard, such as John, Charlie, and Rumyn, and then there are newer faces like Jules. Jules, who has been with Tablas since 2022,