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Jason Haas

Pruning Mourvedre - an excuse to go out walking on a warm winter's day

We're experiencing a warm, sunny interlude in the middle of winter, and are taking advantage by getting out into the vineyard to begin pruning. As usual, we're starting with our latest-budding varietals, since the act of pruning the vines encourages them to begin to push for

Some nice recognition for my Dad

A few months back, I got a phone call from Stacie Jacob, the Executive Director of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, letting me know that their board of directors had decided to honor my dad as their 2007 Wine Industry Person of the Year. It was a secret, so

Consumers choose... cork?

Many of you will remember my post from last summer with our take on the cork-screwcap debate. It suggested a more nuanced approach than many of the polemics that you read asserting that one closure was always better than the other: that some wines evolved better under the more reactive

Tablas Creek on "Vinography: A Wine Blog"

In my recent post on lessons from two years of blogging I promised that I'd write about some of the blogs that I have found compelling, for various reasons. I'm still working on this post, but when I do, one that will certainly be on it

Cut-off low: My new favorite phrase

This winter, we've already had two occurrences of storms caused by cut-off low pressure systems, where an area of low pressure becomes detached from the Jet Stream and meanders around, often for several days, spinning and (when moisture is available) sending multiple bands of clouds and precipitation onto

Sulfites in Wine - What's Causing my Headache?

In my recent post on lessons I've learned from blogging I recommend that bloggers write about the questions they find themselves asked all the time. Following my own advice, I realized I've recently answered several questions about sulfites in our wines. There are two phrasings to

Tablas Creek and Beaucastel Dinner in New York

It's a good week for Tablas Creek accounts in the blogosphere! On Tuesday, January 8th Brad Coelho, author of the wine blog unidentifiedappellation.blogspot.com, organized and hosted a Tablas Creek and Beaucastel dinner at Zoe Townhouse in Uptown Manhattan. The question to be addressed, in Brad'

Tablas Creek wine dinner at Simon Pearce recapped on oenoLogic

One advantage for Tablas Creek is that my parents still spend part of the year in Vermont. This means that, unlike a lot of California wineries, we get a chance to have a home base outside California in which to build good supporters through regular patronage. Vermont (at least Southern

Pacific Storm Recap & Photos: Saturday, January 5th

Happily, we've emerged largely without damage, but with a welcome replenishing of groundwater. The one-day rainfall totals at Tablas Creek were a whopping 6.02 inches, the most we've ever measured in one day since we installed the weather station seven years ago. The damaging winds

Pacific Storm Update: Friday evening

As of 5:00pm, we'd already received 4.94 inches of rain out at the weather station in the middle of the vineyard. The forecast suggests it's supposed to continue raining hard through tonight, so the estimates we'd had of nearly 10 inches now