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Reviews, Awards, and Press

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I'd like to thank the Academy...

So, the votes have been tallied, and the Tablas Creek blog has won "Best Winery Blog" at the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards! Thank you to everyone who voted; the award was 70% determined by votes from the public. The other 30% was determined by the votes of

I'm a Wine Blog Awards finalist!

I got back from spending most of the last week on the East Coast (working in Virginia, during which I was lucky enough to enjoy a great dinner at Restaurant Eve in Alexandria and host a terrific wine dinner at the Keswick Hall Hotel in Charlottesville) with the happy surprise

Some nice recognition for my Dad

A few months back, I got a phone call from Stacie Jacob, the Executive Director of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, letting me know that their board of directors had decided to honor my dad as their 2007 Wine Industry Person of the Year. It was a secret, so

Tablas Creek on "Vinography: A Wine Blog"

In my recent post on lessons from two years of blogging I promised that I'd write about some of the blogs that I have found compelling, for various reasons. I'm still working on this post, but when I do, one that will certainly be on it

Winemaker Neil Collins Discusses Harvest 2007 with winerychannel.tv

If you haven't checked out winerychannel.tv yet, you should. It's online television, dedicated to the world of wine. Like many members of the new media, they're fans of what's going on in the Central Coast, and we welcomed them up here

Tablas Creek on Ted Allen's List of Favorite California Wineries

The world of blogs is amazing. I have a Google alert set up to let me know when a blog entry about Tablas Creek is posted (if you haven't checked out this service, it's well worth doing; click the link above). I got an alert yesterday

Sharing the blending experience

At Tablas Creek, we're always looking for ways to demystify the world of wine. One tactic that we've found to be a great combination of interesting, enlightening, and portable is the traveling blending seminar. We've been conducting blending seminars here at the vineyard for

Wine Pricing

Earlier this year, I was browsing through some recent reviews online (at the content-rich and interesting site Wine Review Online) and came across a writer's comment that said "all of the Tablas Creek wines are conspicuously expensive, and if there is an explanation for this that would

A beautiful review of the 2006 Rosé

Some press writeups are so nice you've got to share them. In the July 2007 edition of the Wine Enthusiast, our 2006 Rosé received its first review of the year. Steve Heimoff gave the wine 90 points, and wrote "Just delicious, a wine you can't

Tablas Creek on "Good Wine Under $20"

Anyone interested should take a look at the beautiful writeup on Tablas Creek on the blog Good Wine Under $20. The blog focuses on wines (mostly) under $20, but is flexible enough to address any wine that offers quality for its price. Dr. Debs (who writes the blog) considers even