Sign in Subscribe

Jason Haas

Tasting Room, Then and Now

By John Morris I recently ran across this photo of our tasting room staff from an outing in December of 2007. The thing that strikes me most about this shot is the size of our group. Our entire tasting room staff at the time consisted of 8 people. Now, 3

Getting "Personal" With Tablas Creek Wines

By Chelsea Magnusson The last time we sat down to go through the 2010 reds in the cellar, winemaker Ryan Hebert commented that the vintage was like a Batman movie. And the funny thing? That was a perfect descriptor for what we had tasted and I was blown away at

The Tablas Creek Blog is a finalist at the 2011 Wine Blog Awards!

We are proud that, for the fourth year in a row, the very Tablas Creek blog that you're reading has been named one of five finalists for "Best Winery Blog" in the 2011 Wine Blog Awards. We won the award in 2008 (the inaugural year of

An accidental 1996-1998 Tablas Creek vertical in Chester, Vermont

In consecutive coincidences this week, a few days after chose to open at home in Chester, Vermont a 1996 Tablas Hills Cuveé Rouge, we were served by our long time friend and neighbor Tory Spater a 1997 Tablas Creek Vineyard Tablas Rouge and a 1998 Tablas Creek Vineyard Rouge at

Introducing California's first Petit Manseng

Fans of Tablas Creek on Facebook this week saw something unexpected: a photo of a bottling we've never done before. In fact, it's a bottling that no one in California has done before, that we know of at least. It's Petit Manseng, a white

Flowering (Finally)

It's no secret that this spring has been cold. Our average high temperature since April first is just 69.7 degrees. We've broken 80 just six times, and not recently: our last day over 80 was May 12th. We haven't hit 90 yet. Those

Investigating an Attempted Wine Scam

I got the following scam email over the weekend: From: Tim Ferrone [mailto:timferrone1@copper.net] Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 2:44 PM To: timferrone@me.com Subject: wine order I don't know if you got my last e-mail but am resending it again due to the

The Remarkable Rise of Paso Robles

In the course of my work with Tablas Creek, I work closely with winery associations like Rhone Rangers and Family Winemakers of California that bring me into contact with winemakers and winery principals from other American wine producing regions. One refrain I've been hearing for the last few

Grapes of the Rhone Valley (sort of): Vermentino

Vermentino, with its bright acidity, aromas of citrus leaf and mineral, and refreshing finish, has become a favorite of Tablas Creek VINsiders and restauranteurs alike. Its story, however, does not originate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and unlike most of Tablas Creek’s white varietals, it is a grape that is more commonly

What's that in my wine: tartrate crystals

A few weeks ago, we received the following email from a customer (edited to protect identity): Not the most pleasant of emails to receive. And I'm sure that to the customer who wrote, the surprise at the end of the bottle colored his experience of the wine he&