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Articles by Robert Haas

A collection of 38 issues

The Pleasure of Discovered Bottles

By Robert Haas Over the last 59 years I have been buying, selling, and putting wines in my cellar, first in Vermont, and then in California as well. And, of course, there is the house cellar and the storage cellar in each place. So I have an excuse for occasionally

Tablas Creek is a finalist for 2013 Best Winery Blog!

We are proud to have been named a finalist for "Best Winery Blog" at the 2013 Wine Blog Awards. This is the sixth consecutive year we've been honored as a finalist, and we've taken home the trophy twice, in 2008 and 2011. We'

When Terroir Was a Dirty Word

By Robert Haas Take a look at this picture of the half-bottle of 2010 Meursault from Thierry and Pascale Matrot that my wife, Barbara and I opened for lunch on our little back patio yesterday. We enjoyed lunch outdoors because the temperature at noon was 68 degrees, 20 degrees cooler

Of Broncos and Wine, 1996 Vintage

By Robert Haas This week we had fun visitors from Vermont: our daughter Rebecca, her husband, their three year old, Emmett, and old friends Mike and Cheryl LeClair. The LeClairs volunteered to drive our 1990 Ford Bronco here from Vermont in September of 1996 and help with the harvest. That

Poulet demi-deuil and Beaucastel: A truffly duet

By Robert Haas The end of fall and beginning of winter is the season that we enjoyed wonderful black truffle dishes during our travels to visit vineyard proprietors in France. Alas, although we have learned to produce fine wines in California, we have not been able to do black truffles

We celebrate the release from quarantine of four new Rhone grapes

By Robert Haas This week we are filing a petition to recognize Terret Noir, Vaccarese, Picardan, and Bourboulenc for use as grape varietal names on labels in the United States. The petition, ready to go out yesterday afternoon: In 1990, when Tablas Creek Vineyard was founded, it was our intention

A Summer Dinner in Vermont

By Robert Haas One of summer’s greatest challenges for the Vermont gardener is keeping up with the zucchini production. So we need to find recipes in order to benefit from our garden and, of course, wines to accompany them. Here is an old standby recipe inspired by The Victory

Assembling Our 2011 Vintage Blends: Done. And Wow!

By Robert Haas Thursday of last week we completed our decision-making process for the blending of our estate red wines: Panoplie, Esprit, En Gobelet, and Côtes de Tablas. This vintage we’ll also be making a varietal Mourvèdre. We also found time to make the final decision on the Esprit

Recipe and Wine Pairing: Sauteed Diver Scallops and Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc

By Robert Haas I got to do dinner for two last night because my wife, Barbara, had a 6 o’clock meeting to attend. I had planned on diver scallops from our excellent local fish market, Pier 46 Seafood in Templeton. As I was walking out of the winery to

A Winter Dinner and a Beautiful 1985 California Cabernet

By Robert Haas As our late Indian summer in Paso Robles turns toward winter our appetites turn toward winter dishes. This last Sunday we had friends over for dinner and we served a Moroccan tagine, a savory slow cooked mixture of sweet and savory from a recipe in The Heart