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Weather & Climate

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Cut-off low: My new favorite phrase

This winter, we've already had two occurrences of storms caused by cut-off low pressure systems, where an area of low pressure becomes detached from the Jet Stream and meanders around, often for several days, spinning and (when moisture is available) sending multiple bands of clouds and precipitation onto

Pacific Storm Recap & Photos: Saturday, January 5th

Happily, we've emerged largely without damage, but with a welcome replenishing of groundwater. The one-day rainfall totals at Tablas Creek were a whopping 6.02 inches, the most we've ever measured in one day since we installed the weather station seven years ago. The damaging winds

Pacific Storm Update: Friday evening

As of 5:00pm, we'd already received 4.94 inches of rain out at the weather station in the middle of the vineyard. The forecast suggests it's supposed to continue raining hard through tonight, so the estimates we'd had of nearly 10 inches now

Pacific storm update: Friday mid-day

We're in the early stages of one of the strongest storms to hit Paso Robles in decades. We're expecting between 6-12 inches of rain at Tablas Creek, with winds upwards of 60 miles per hour. We're closing the offices and tasting room at 1PM

Rainfall microclimates in Paso Robles

Appellations are by nature generalizations. You do your best in defining one to understand macro-level differences in soils, climate and rainfall (the three components which together give a place its signature). And, practically speaking, you won't ever be able to delineate an area that is absolutely uniform. Even

Rain... finally!

We're in the middle of a true Pacific winter storm, with driving rain and 20-30mph winds. This is badly needed; we're coming off a winter with only about 35% of typical rainfall, and we've only had about two inches so far this year. This

A little reminder of why we're in California (and a look back at Vermont)

Many of you probably know that my dad's wine career started in the Northeast. He was born in Brooklyn, grew up in suburban New York, and moved back to Manhattan to work at his father's wine shop M. Lehmann. Even after my grandfather sold that shop

Grenache Harvest Photos

As we'd hoped, the rain from the end of last week was followed by cool, sunny and breezy weather, and the half-inch of rain that we got didn't have any negative impact on the hanging fruit. This week, we're bringing in the rest of

Harvest rain in Paso Robles

After several big harvest days this week (mostly Grenache, as well as the rest of the Syrah and the beginnings of the Mourvedre) we're taking a break for the first significant rain of the year to pass through. As of Friday afternoon, we'd already received about

Harvest, Week of September 24th

The weather in Paso Robles warmed up last week, and we started harvesting in earnest. We've brought in most of our Syrah, the first big chunk of Grenache, and are finishing up Grenache Blanc. Viognier and Marsanne are in. I'd estimate that last week, we brought