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Jason Haas

Photos from a break in the week of storms

It's been pretty wooly out here the past few days. We've had three storms in three days. The first storm, on Sunday afternoon, gave us about half an inch of rain and some winds up around 30mph. Yesterday's storm was bigger, with about an

The Gathering Storm: A Preview of a Potentially Historic Week of Weather

As those of you who have been following the blog regularly know, 2009 was our third consecutive year of drought. Among the drought's other impacts, we have seen yields decline each of the three yields, and in 2009 will make nearly 40% less wine than we did at

A great photo of a fair-weather winter sky (a.k.a. "transitory ridging")

We're enjoying a period of what our meteorologist calls "transitory ridging" -- as I understand it, high pressure that moves over an area in between two low pressure systems rather one that establishes itself in an area and diverts low pressure systems around it. It has

Why you trellis Syrah

So, I was out taking some archival pictures this morning of the face of the winery that will soon disappear as we start the construction on our winery expansion (more on this in the next few weeks). We're building on the east side of our winery: the side

Viognier, Oursins and Age

By Robert Haas A few days before Christmas I was consolidating the wines in my “cellar” -- refrigerated wine cabinets in our garage plus a refrigerated indoor wine closet -- in order to make room for a several new cases of young white wines, mostly Burgundies, that I recently got

Panoplie 2000-2008: A Vertical Wine Tasting Fit for the Holidays

There are certain wines in our portfolio I drink fairly often, and others that I hardly ever drink. The ones I drink a lot are probably predictable: I tend to have the current vintages of Cotes de Tablas and Esprit de Beaucastel with good frequency, both tasting with guests at

Crescent Moon over Tablas Creek

When I left the vineyard today, at the time of day when the sky is lighter than the ground but not so much that it's not photographable, the crescent moon was hanging over the Tablas Creek winery building. I grabbed the camera, and got a shot I liked.

Holiday Wine Suggestions - What We're Drinking this Christmas

I am always skeptical of holiday wine pairing articles that tell you the perfect wine to pair with a holiday meal. Holiday meals, of course, can vary enormously, and the right wine for your meal is the right wine for what you're eating. But we thought it would

Winter Sunset Panoramas

The winter sunsets in Paso Robles are often spectacular. The current weather pattern, with a mix of clouds and sun, captures the red glow of the setting sun. In summertime, when humidity levels are very low and clouds rare, sunsets are long-lasting but usually subtle. In wintertime, the sunsets move

Better Holiday Roasting - and Better Wine Pairing - with Barbara Kafka

[Barbara Kafka is a longtime friend of the Haas family and a limited partner in Tablas Creek. She is former food editor for Vogue, a frequent contributor to the New York Times and is the author of numerous award-winning cookbooks. She contributed this article for an upcoming Tablas Creek newsletter,