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 ... until the last moment.  At right, Robert Haas holds the last bunch of Harvest 2006: a Mourvedre bunch ... , and with only about 30% of the harvest in, we were worried that this would be the first...

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...

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 ... , 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...

This week we began bringing in more of the red varietals, including almost 20 tons of Syrah and a small amount of Grenache. The Syrah is put into open-top tanks to ferment, and as the grape skins float to the top of the tank, we pump the juice over the ...

... in Beaucastel. A video should come shortly (sorry for the delay). We will harvest also tomorrow ... the weather as been fantastic, we feel like beeing in the middle of summer. Technorati Tags: harvest 2006 , perrin , rhone , wine...

... that there are no comparisons that can last the whole season. We did have a large (generous) harvest in 1997 and we did see a large harvest in 2005. We are not having a warm early spring, and that is true ... harvest for 2005. In 2005 it wasn’t nearly as warm and nice in the spring, and that’s when the possible fruitfulness in the buds is set for 2006. So knowing what kind of spring we had in 2005 along...

... and ship them here in time for harvest. You have to get ahead of it. It’s tough for wineries because ... harvest was a large harvest and barrels were hard to come by because everyone needed extra barrels ... , as many other things were with the 2005 harvest, so everything is later. Normally we would do our...

... of vintage that we can expect for 2006, all the rain doesn’t have much to do with it, except fill...

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 ...