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Hospice du Rhone!

Last weekend was the 2008 Hospice du Rhone. As always, it was a terrific show, with a great mix of producers, distributors, restaurateurs, retailers, distributors and consumers. It's one of the few events I do where the trade and consumers interact so much, and on such equal footing.

Please DO sniff the Cork!

So, I've seen a proliferation of articles recently that promise to educate wine novices to not come across as novices. Whether this is a good thing is debatable; wouldn't you want an expert to explain things to you if you didn't understand how they

Tablas Creek and Beaucastel Dinner in New York

It's a good week for Tablas Creek accounts in the blogosphere! On Tuesday, January 8th Brad Coelho, author of the wine blog unidentifiedappellation.blogspot.com, organized and hosted a Tablas Creek and Beaucastel dinner at Zoe Townhouse in Uptown Manhattan. The question to be addressed, in Brad'

Tablas Creek wine dinner at Simon Pearce recapped on oenoLogic

One advantage for Tablas Creek is that my parents still spend part of the year in Vermont. This means that, unlike a lot of California wineries, we get a chance to have a home base outside California in which to build good supporters through regular patronage. Vermont (at least Southern

Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience

Back in January, we helped organize the Paso Robles Rhone producers into a regional chapter of the Rhone Rangers. I wrote about the importance of Rhones in Paso Robles an few months back, and it's been gratifying to see how the member wineries have jumped in to contribute.

Outstanding in the Field Dinner - Tablas Creek, Coleman Farms, Sage Restaurant

Every now and then, you come across an event that is so perfectly suited to what you'd like to communicate about your wines that it seems impossible that someone else should have come up with the idea. The Outstanding in the Field dinner series is this sort of

Beaucastel Tasting at Tablas Creek

This past Sunday, we managed to put on a Tablas Creek and Beaucastel tasting that, I felt, balanced the educational aspect, the entertainment, and the degree of participation into something that clicked. It was intended for (and marketed to) our wine club, but open to all. When he was over

Vintners Holidays at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite

Meghan and I are currently up in Yosemite for this year's Vintners' Holidays event, and I was reminded just how great an event it is. If you haven't been, you should make it a point to. Each year, the Ahwahnee Hotel holds 8 3-day sessions,

Mozart Festival Dinner at Tablas Creek

The local cultural event for which we make our largest sponsorship commitment each year is the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, which brings world-class music to the Central Coast for a two-week festival in July. We have, in the past, donated wine for their gala dinner "The Empress'