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Paso Robles Weather Musings

Today, as I was driving in to work (I live in town) I started thinking about how poorly understood the Paso Robles climate (and the diversity within the climate) is. This lack of understanding, shared by writers, growers, and the general public alike, results in a generalization of Paso Robles

Autumn at Tablas Creek

Well, fall is here. We're into a cycle of weather where we come near a frost at night (we've actually dropped below freezing a couple of times) and then rise up into the 70s and 80s during the day. It's Paso Robles at its

Harvest, Week of October 16th

We took a break from harvesting late last week to let an early band of cool, wet weather pass. Parts of the Central Coast received significant amounts of rain (even some big thunderstorms) but at Paso Robles we received a more moderate 0.2" over Thursday night and Friday

Harvest, Week of October 9

The cool and wet weather at the end of last week and the beginning of this week has temporarily halted picking. The light rain has washed some of the dirt off the grapes, and we’ll be ready to bring in more grapes as the weather remains dry. At this

Winter Returns to Paso Robles

So, just when we think that we're ready to escape from winter and move onto spring, we're reminded that March in California is tremendously unpredictable. This morning, we had snow for the second time this winter (after 5 winters with no snow at all). To celebrate,

Snow in Paso Robles!

Update 2/9/2009: We have had our next snow (3 years, almost to the day, later). You can view photos and read descriptions at https://tablascreek.wpcomstaging.com/2009/02/snow-in-the-vineyard Every 5 years or so, it does snow in Paso Robles. This weekend, we got a few inches

Drying Out

We're drying out here at the vineyard after receiving about 8 inches of rain over three days, culminating with nearly 5 inches on Monday, January 2nd. Gusts of wind topped 40 miles per hour. It looks like there was remarkably little damage from such a strong storm; we&

First Major Winter Storm Expected for Paso Robles New Year's Weekend

We're getting ready for the Central Coast's first major storm of the winter season, which we expect to dump 2-3 inches of rain onto the vineyard on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The cover crop has sprouted, and the hillsides

Sunset Photos from Tablas Creek

Winter in Paso Robles provides some of the most spectacular sunsets you'll see anywhere. Here's one from last night, looking west from the winery toward the Santa Lucia Mountains.