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View from the Tasting Room by John Morris

A collection of 6 issues

Creating a New Legacy (Tasting) at Tablas Creek

By John Morris Wine can feel complicated a lot of the time. So when we can, here at Tablas Creek, we’ve tried to keep things simple. Remember the days of elbowing up to a crowded, standing bar with just one tasting list available? That was the experience anyone visiting

A Pillar of Tablas Creek Gets his Due: John Morris

By Ian Consoli On May 23rd of this year, our longtime Tasting Room Manager, John Morris, received the 2024 Hospitality & Tourism Award for Visitor Experience in the wine category presented by Travel Paso. The award noted John's long-term commitment to "creating guest experiences that are above

Reflecting on 15 Years at Tablas Creek – An Interview with Three Familiar Faces

By Ian Consoli 2007 was a big year for Tablas Creek. It was a blockbuster vintage, one of the most intense (and highest-scoring) in our history. It was the first year we could ship to five new states (Florida, Maine, Michigan, South Carolina, and Vermont) as unconsititutional state laws were

From Music to Management- Q&A with Tasting Room Manager John Morris

By Lauren Phelps I spent a lovely, spring afternoon on the wisteria-adorned patio discussing with John Morris the journey that has brought him to the role of Tasting Room Manager at Tablas Creek Vineyard. John has been with Tablas Creek since 2006, was instrumental in the design of our new

A Memorable Reserve Tasting

By John Morris Last week I hosted a Reserve Tasting for a unique group, which included a long time, fervid VINsider and three of her friends, as well as a couple who’d never visited before and didn’t know much about Tablas Creek. It was a terrific tasting, one

Tasting Room, Then and Now

By John Morris I recently ran across this photo of our tasting room staff from an outing in December of 2007. The thing that strikes me most about this shot is the size of our group. Our entire tasting room staff at the time consisted of 8 people. Now, 3