Our Most Memorable Wines of 2025
As I have done the last few years, I asked our team to share a wine or two that stuck with them from all the ones they'd tried in 2025, and a little of why.
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Darren Delmore's Most Memorable Meals of 2025
By Darren Delmore. Compiling all of my finest food photos from this year's national sales trips was a two birds one stone situation: I was able to use them here on the blog and send to my gastroenterologist in lieu of my annual. Win win.
What the Tablas Creek team will be drinking with our Thanksgivings in 2025
As I've done the last several years, I reached out to our team to ask them what they were planning on drinking this year. This is always fun for me to see, and I'm hoping it will be as much fun for you.
An appreciation of one of the most ambitious and exciting wine dinners I've hosted... and the remarkable Master Sommelier behind it
I just got back from two weeks on the east coast. This most recent week I was in Washington DC representing the members of WineAmerica, meeting with the offices of our senators and representatives, advocating for policies that will help American wineries. The week before, I was in New York,
Darren Delmore's Platinum Plates of 2024
It's that time of year where I try to make sense of all the food pictures on my phone and my newly XL shirt size. My nationwide travels selling Tablas Creek take me into phenomenal restaurants of all kinds, spearheaded by passionate people putting out platinum plates best
American consumers' move toward white wines is happening fast. Most wineries will struggle to keep up.
We're in the middle of a major shift in the American wine market. Demographics are changing. High-end (and low-end) wines are suffering through their first prolonged slump in two generations. The market is adjusting to a profoundly negative (and in my opinion, incomplete) message on moderate alcohol consumption
What the Tablas Creek team will be drinking with our Thanksgivings in 2024
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It's brings extended family together for a day of cooking, eating, and reflecting on what we're grateful for. It's still largely uncommercialized. And it comes at a time of year where those of us who
A decadent pairing: Moussaka and 2007 Esprit de Beaucastel
One of my favorite cookbooks is the classic (and sadly now out of print) Mediterranean Cooking by Paula Wolfert. There are probably a dozen recipes in it that we’ve made multiple times, and one of them has become a family favorite that we return to at least a few
What separates a great wine dinner from the many good ones?
I've hosted a lot of wine dinners the last few months. Restaurants, understaffed and overwhelmed in the aftermath of Covid, are starting to have the bandwidth to refocus on special events. Add to that the fact that after a few years where yields were low and demand was
Other Wines We've Loved: 2007 Beaucastel
Last night, with my sister Janet in town, we decided to grill. I got a lovely two-inch-thick, two-pound boneless ribeye from our local butcher J&R Meats. I don't normally cook such thick steaks, but think I'm going to in the future. I seasoned it