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Andalusian Gazpacho Recipe

There is no food that is more evocative of summer than gazpacho. In the late summer, when local tomatoes are plentiful around most of the country, it's one of the easiest, most impressive ways to begin a summer meal. With the richness of the pureed bread, it can

A Response to Michael Pollan: It's Cool in the Kitchen Now

This past Sunday, Michael Pollan contributed a fascinating article to the New York Times Magazine called "Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch" in which he tied together the rise of cooking shows on television and decline of cooking as an everyday part of life. The basic facts

10-Minute Blender Bearnaise Sauce Recipe

10-Minute Blender Bearnaise Sauce Recipe

I don't usually post recipes here. But, I'll make an exception because this one was so good, and so easy. Before I do, though, I should note that we do publish recipes in the information we send out with wine club shipments, and have compiled them

Paso Robles Wine Festival 2009

Last weekend was the annual Paso Robles Wine Festival. We joined 92 other Paso Robles wineries to pour in the park on Saturday morning to pour wine for the roughly 4200 attendees. Of course, it was hot. You can just about set your calendar in Paso Robles to the fact

On the Road Again

I'm in day five of a five-day swing through Southern California, with stops taking me to Pasadena, Del Mar, Costa Mesa, Long Beach and (later today) back to Pasadena. This is a long trip for me; I am not usually gone over weekends, and not usually gone

Valentine's Day Wine (AKA Wine for Chocolate): Sunset Magazine says Vin de Paille "Sacrerouge"

I don't normally post on this blog about press that we receive (although we do post it on our Web site at http://www.tablascreek.com/InTheNews.html) but every now and then we get a piece of press so cool I can't resist. This one

Modern Organic, Stone Ground Olive Oil

When we started planning out the Tablas Creek vineyard, we decided to line the roads within the vineyard with olive trees. Olives are traditional in the Rhone, and they have the added advantage that they aren't much work, won't grow so big they'd shade

Bottle Variation, Very Old Wines and the Cork/Screwcap Dilemma

For Christmas dinner this year, we cooked a standing rib roast with Bearnaise sauce, Yorkshire pudding, broccoli, and rice. The dinner was wonderful, capped off by an absolutely delicious mature Burgundy: the 1985 Corton Clos du Roi from Prince de Merode. We chose the wine because we thought it would

Thoughts on our Annual Futures Tasting and En Primeur Offering

Each December, we offer our VINsider Wine Club members the chance to taste the upcoming release of our two top red wines, before bottling, and reserve these wines at a futures-only 30% discount off of expected release price. We began this program back in 2003 (offering futures on the

Thanksgiving Wine Suggestions from the Tablas Creek Staff

We've always felt that Tablas Creek wines make great pairings with Thanksgiving meals. The Rhone whites (particularly those based on Roussanne) are rich enough to stand up to turkey or ham, and the Rhone reds (particularly those based on Grenache) are fruity enough, spicy enough, and have enough