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Articles by Robert Haas

A collection of 38 issues

A skeptic's move toward biodynamics

by Robert Haas Tablas Creek Vineyard, following the practices of our partners at Château de Beaucastel, had always intended to farm our Paso Robles property organically. That is to say, farming our vineyard without the use of systemic chemicals and relying on compost, cover crops and mineral amendments to improve

Bubble, Bubble: Bordeaux in Trouble (Again)

By Robert Haas While I am no longer working as an importer, I have been following with interest the ongoing price correction in the Bordeaux markets. I thought that one of the best articles was Mitch Frank’s recent Diageo Dumps Bordeaux in the February 28th issue of the Wine

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

Family Business: Generations

This essay is the next in an occasional series of articles by Robert Haas. In my career as a wine buyer, I have been fortunate to find models to admire and mentors willing to share their knowledge and experience in the business of producing fine wine. One such was Jacques

Fall in Vermont

This essay, sent in from Vermont, is the next in an occasional series of articles by Robert Haas. After a rainy Vermont summer (was that summer?), fall has arrived with the leaves just beginning to turn color, apples ready to pick and the garden mostly put away for the winter

Robert Haas is 2009 California Mid-State Fair Wine Industry Person of the Year

On Thursday night, my father was awarded 2009 Wine Industry Person of the Year by the California Mid-State Fair. It was a really nice presentation, with my dad's introduction given by Steve Lohr of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines. He was previously committed to a dinner in Vermont,

Appellations of Origin

A few days ago, I was in our tasting room when I was struck by the reproduction of a 1935 public notice to the proprietors of Châteauneuf-du-Pape displayed on the wall. It occurred to me that this affiche I’d been looking at for ten years had an important story

Terroir, Then and Now

Recently, along with Randall Grahm, Neal Rosenthal and Alice Feiring, I participated in a seminar at the Santa Fe Wine and Chile Festival on the subject of wine quality entitled, “The Winemaker, the Owner, the Merchant and the Author”. Greg O’Byrne, maestro of the festival, chose the participants to