Welcome to my Harvest Blog. In a few days, harvest will begin in Napa Valley. Needless to say, it’s the most exciting time of the year for us. I hope that with this blog, I can share some of the excitement and experience with you...

My gosh, how time flies! Has it really been three weeks since my last writing?!!! Harvest has been hustling along and this has been my first chance to sit at the old word processing machine for more ... quite a bit of small lot custom winemaking for folks, and that extends our harvest season into what ... showing off our pad. So harvest is here and I’m certainly soaking in it. Grape juice, sweat (thankfully...

Well, folks, we’re off and running (and picking and shlepping and pressing and panting…)! Harvest 2005 has begun here on the hill and it’s all looking rosie (not rosé). The vines are lush and full of robust fruit. So far the fruit has been pretty ‘n plump and not a single raisin has been seen ... harvest season. Well, I’ve been called worse, but it really wasn’t our strategy. We had hoped...

During the month of January we started to barrel the results of the 2005 crush. Now that the wine ... sharing some notes about a great year for California wines. Our 2005 Cabernet grapes were ... was slow and we were able to stagger the harvest of our mini-terroirs between October 2nd and October ... having great elegance and balance. Here is a more detailed account of the 2005 growing season...

Well, 315 tons and 50 days after our first grapes came in, we've finally finished Harvest 2006.  Three weeks ago, if you'd told us that we'd look back on the 2006 harvest with excitement, we'd have ... , and with only about 30% of the harvest in, we were worried that this would be the first disappointing harvest since 2001.  However, the last three weeks turned the vintage from a potential...

We finished harvesting the Mourvèdre in Beaucastel on Friday. Yesterday and today we are harvesting the last grapes in Vinsobres and notably the parcels that compose our Vinsobres les Hauts de Julien. This evening the harvest will be finished (in the vineyards) but we will of course continue posting here what is happening in the winery. Technorati Tags: beaucastel , rhone , wine...

For most of us, the only mental image that we have of the grape harvest involves Lucile Ball’s bare feet and an oversized wooden vat, squishing the grape juice around with her toes and stomping away in what appears to be the effortless process of winemaking. But truly good wine begins long before...

We are getting ready to release the 2005 Sauvignon Blanc, so it’s time to get caught up. I wanted to fill you in on the Sauvignon Blanc blending and bottling. We basically had three separate picks from Hyde Vineyards for the Sauvignon Blanc. That means we had three distinct lots to work with in our blending. One of the interesting things that happens frequently with blending is it’s not just...

... but didn't entirely make up for our late start. If you are interested in reviewing the 2005 Harvest, take a look at the 2005 Tablas Creek Harvest Journal ... Harvest 2006 is underway! We began picking this past Thursday (September 14) with Chardonnay grapes ... seen recently.  We’re looking forward to another great harvest! Harvest began about 2 weeks later...