Jason Haas
@jasonchaas.bsky.social
Second-generation proprietor at Tablas Creek Vineyard in Paso Robles, CA. Vermont native. (Largely former) Ultimate frisbee player. Dad.
I'm excited for my #TablasCreek conversation this week! I get to turn the tables on @adammontiel.bsky.social: broadcaster, event host, TEDx speaker, and the host of some great podcasts including Paso Robles Wine's "Where Wine Takes You". Join us Wednesday at noon Pacific on the Tablas IG feed.
June 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm excited for my #TablasCreek conversation this week! I get to turn the tables on @adammontiel.bsky.social: broadcaster, event host, TEDx speaker, and the host of some great podcasts including Paso Robles Wine's "Where Wine Takes You". Join us Wednesday at noon Pacific on the Tablas IG feed.
If you're looking for an update on the state of play and the impacts of #tariffs on #wine, I hope you'll join me for my #TablasCreek Instagram Live conversation tomorrow at noon Pacific. My guest is Harmon Skurnik, President of Skurnik Wines and a Director at the US Wine Trade Alliance.
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you're looking for an update on the state of play and the impacts of #tariffs on #wine, I hope you'll join me for my #TablasCreek Instagram Live conversation tomorrow at noon Pacific. My guest is Harmon Skurnik, President of Skurnik Wines and a Director at the US Wine Trade Alliance.
With budbreak progressing through the vineyard, this might be the last photo of dormant vines I share. But what a scene as we enter April, looking west from the oldest Counoise block in California over a hillside of Syrah and on toward the Santa Lucia Mountains.
Oh, and that sky! 🤩
Oh, and that sky! 🤩
April 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
With budbreak progressing through the vineyard, this might be the last photo of dormant vines I share. But what a scene as we enter April, looking west from the oldest Counoise block in California over a hillside of Syrah and on toward the Santa Lucia Mountains.
Oh, and that sky! 🤩
Oh, and that sky! 🤩
Old oak and bald eagle at Tablas Creek this afternoon
March 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Old oak and bald eagle at Tablas Creek this afternoon
I've been reading some hot takes that 200% tariffs on European wines would benefit domestic wineries. I think that's dangerously wrong. We all rely on the same federally mandated distribution system that tariffs at this level would devastate. A quick 🧵 1/ tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2025/...
March 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I've been reading some hot takes that 200% tariffs on European wines would benefit domestic wineries. I think that's dangerously wrong. We all rely on the same federally mandated distribution system that tariffs at this level would devastate. A quick 🧵 1/ tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2025/...
Cotton candy sky in Paso Robles tonight
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Cotton candy sky in Paso Robles tonight
Over the last decade, Syrah has settled into a more comfortable niche, as a top-10 but not top-5 grape in America, with most Syrahs made by Rhone specialists. And I believe strongly that there's no grape more likely to punch above what it costs than American Syrah. Most are excellent. 4/
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Over the last decade, Syrah has settled into a more comfortable niche, as a top-10 but not top-5 grape in America, with most Syrahs made by Rhone specialists. And I believe strongly that there's no grape more likely to punch above what it costs than American Syrah. Most are excellent. 4/
So what happened? It found critical success (flashback to @winespectator.bsky.social's 1989 cover featuring Bonny Doon's @randallgrahm.bsky.social) but acreage increased so fast that sales would have had to grow 50% per year compounded to absorb the new production. That was never going to happen. 2/
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So what happened? It found critical success (flashback to @winespectator.bsky.social's 1989 cover featuring Bonny Doon's @randallgrahm.bsky.social) but acreage increased so fast that sales would have had to grow 50% per year compounded to absorb the new production. That was never going to happen. 2/
Happy #InternationalSyrahDay! Did you know that in 1970 only 4 acres of Syrah were planted in California? Or that between 1989 and 1999 acreage increased 5200%? Acreage peaked in 2009 and has declined 27% since but at 14,293 acres it's still one of California wine's great success stories. A 🧵 1/
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy #InternationalSyrahDay! Did you know that in 1970 only 4 acres of Syrah were planted in California? Or that between 1989 and 1999 acreage increased 5200%? Acreage peaked in 2009 and has declined 27% since but at 14,293 acres it's still one of California wine's great success stories. A 🧵 1/
Now this is a storm! We’re at nearly 4” out at #TablasCreek and there’s more to come. No damage and this is going to be a great thing for later in the growing season. This video is of Santa Rita Creek just down the hill from our house.
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Now this is a storm! We’re at nearly 4” out at #TablasCreek and there’s more to come. No damage and this is going to be a great thing for later in the growing season. This video is of Santa Rita Creek just down the hill from our house.
Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday to those who celebrate!
February 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday to those who celebrate!
Ever wondered about why different grapevines are pruned in different shapes? Austin Collins just published a new #TablasCreek blog where he dives into how we choose the pruning style to match different grapes, different blocks, and different microclimates. tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2025/...
February 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ever wondered about why different grapevines are pruned in different shapes? Austin Collins just published a new #TablasCreek blog where he dives into how we choose the pruning style to match different grapes, different blocks, and different microclimates. tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2025/...
Diving into the analytics, it’s all because of shares: people seeing an event they might want to attend and sending the post to friends or family they’d want to go with.
So, here’s our first Tablas on Tour post of 2025. I hope I’ll see many of you out on the road! 4/4 & end 🧵
So, here’s our first Tablas on Tour post of 2025. I hope I’ll see many of you out on the road! 4/4 & end 🧵
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Diving into the analytics, it’s all because of shares: people seeing an event they might want to attend and sending the post to friends or family they’d want to go with.
So, here’s our first Tablas on Tour post of 2025. I hope I’ll see many of you out on the road! 4/4 & end 🧵
So, here’s our first Tablas on Tour post of 2025. I hope I’ll see many of you out on the road! 4/4 & end 🧵
I realized as I started following more of my favorite bands on Instagram that one of the most useful types of posts was the tour update so I could see at a glance where they were going to be and when without having to go to their website and do the research. 2/4
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I realized as I started following more of my favorite bands on Instagram that one of the most useful types of posts was the tour update so I could see at a glance where they were going to be and when without having to go to their website and do the research. 2/4
The #TablasCreek 2025 tour is getting started! I’ll be in Sacramento tonight with plenty more stops coming up in places like Phoenix, San Francisco, Austin, Santa Monica, La Jolla, and Miramar Beach, FL. Here’s what we have on the books. More is being added weekly, so check tablascreek.com/events
January 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The #TablasCreek 2025 tour is getting started! I’ll be in Sacramento tonight with plenty more stops coming up in places like Phoenix, San Francisco, Austin, Santa Monica, La Jolla, and Miramar Beach, FL. Here’s what we have on the books. More is being added weekly, so check tablascreek.com/events
We’re not expecting to go 100% kegged in our tasting room; we’ll always want to taste some wines with bottle age. But if switching 75% of our pours to kegs means fresher wine, less waste, and fewer single-use bottles? That’s a win for everyone: our guests, our budget, and the planet. 6 & end 🧵/
January 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We’re not expecting to go 100% kegged in our tasting room; we’ll always want to taste some wines with bottle age. But if switching 75% of our pours to kegs means fresher wine, less waste, and fewer single-use bottles? That’s a win for everyone: our guests, our budget, and the planet. 6 & end 🧵/
It’s time to fill up those kegs! Two years after deciding to serve the majority of our tasting room samples at #TablasCreek from kegs, we’re more convinced than ever that it was the right choice. This week we kegged up Vermentino, Patelin de Tablas Rosé, and Dianthus Rosé.
A why-we-love-kegs 🧵 1/
A why-we-love-kegs 🧵 1/
January 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It’s time to fill up those kegs! Two years after deciding to serve the majority of our tasting room samples at #TablasCreek from kegs, we’re more convinced than ever that it was the right choice. This week we kegged up Vermentino, Patelin de Tablas Rosé, and Dianthus Rosé.
A why-we-love-kegs 🧵 1/
A why-we-love-kegs 🧵 1/
-It saturates the deeper soil layers, from which our grapevine roots draw water later in the growing season when the topsoil has dried out.
-It replenishes the wells and aquifers, ensuring we have the water resources necessary during the heat of summer. 4/
-It replenishes the wells and aquifers, ensuring we have the water resources necessary during the heat of summer. 4/
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
-It saturates the deeper soil layers, from which our grapevine roots draw water later in the growing season when the topsoil has dried out.
-It replenishes the wells and aquifers, ensuring we have the water resources necessary during the heat of summer. 4/
-It replenishes the wells and aquifers, ensuring we have the water resources necessary during the heat of summer. 4/
A reminder on what winter rain (when, after all, the vines are dormant) does:
-It helps sprout and sustain our cover crop, which builds organic matter in the soil and supports a healthy microbial and fungal network. 3/
-It helps sprout and sustain our cover crop, which builds organic matter in the soil and supports a healthy microbial and fungal network. 3/
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A reminder on what winter rain (when, after all, the vines are dormant) does:
-It helps sprout and sustain our cover crop, which builds organic matter in the soil and supports a healthy microbial and fungal network. 3/
-It helps sprout and sustain our cover crop, which builds organic matter in the soil and supports a healthy microbial and fungal network. 3/
The tl;dr on what we’ve seen:
-Although we’ve been light on rain, when it came (mostly in late November) and what happened after (an unusually warm, sunny December) was perfect for cover crop growth.
-Since the beginning of January, it’s turned colder, with 10 frost nights this month alone. 2/
-Although we’ve been light on rain, when it came (mostly in late November) and what happened after (an unusually warm, sunny December) was perfect for cover crop growth.
-Since the beginning of January, it’s turned colder, with 10 frost nights this month alone. 2/
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The tl;dr on what we’ve seen:
-Although we’ve been light on rain, when it came (mostly in late November) and what happened after (an unusually warm, sunny December) was perfect for cover crop growth.
-Since the beginning of January, it’s turned colder, with 10 frost nights this month alone. 2/
-Although we’ve been light on rain, when it came (mostly in late November) and what happened after (an unusually warm, sunny December) was perfect for cover crop growth.
-Since the beginning of January, it’s turned colder, with 10 frost nights this month alone. 2/
Does this look like a winter scene from a year where we’re nearly 8” of rain behind where we’d expect to be in mid-January? And yet, we are. In a new #TablasCreek blog, I unpack the contradictions in what we’re seeing and try to put this winter so far into context. This 🧵 has some take-homes. 1/
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Does this look like a winter scene from a year where we’re nearly 8” of rain behind where we’d expect to be in mid-January? And yet, we are. In a new #TablasCreek blog, I unpack the contradictions in what we’re seeing and try to put this winter so far into context. This 🧵 has some take-homes. 1/
The success we've found over the last two decades with our dry-farmed, wide-spaced plantings are evidence that it's a viable plan for the present and future too. For a deep dive into these questions, check out my 3-part blog series from 2016. tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2015/... 15 & END 🧵/
January 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The success we've found over the last two decades with our dry-farmed, wide-spaced plantings are evidence that it's a viable plan for the present and future too. For a deep dive into these questions, check out my 3-part blog series from 2016. tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2015/... 15 & END 🧵/
The rainfall distribution here in Paso Robles actually looks more like Baalbeck in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley than it does like Priorat (Porrera), let alone Burgundy (Beaune). And the fact that all our precipitation comes in six winter months just adds to the stress on the vines. 10/
January 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The rainfall distribution here in Paso Robles actually looks more like Baalbeck in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley than it does like Priorat (Porrera), let alone Burgundy (Beaune). And the fact that all our precipitation comes in six winter months just adds to the stress on the vines. 10/
Two old world examples provide a great contrast. On the left, Priorat, with grapevines 3 meters apart or more (~500 vines/acre, or less). On the right, Burgundy, with grapevines as close together as 1 meter (~4000 vines/acre). Both are dry farmed (unirrigated). 7/
January 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Two old world examples provide a great contrast. On the left, Priorat, with grapevines 3 meters apart or more (~500 vines/acre, or less). On the right, Burgundy, with grapevines as close together as 1 meter (~4000 vines/acre). Both are dry farmed (unirrigated). 7/
I've been answering a lot of questions recently about dry farming. For this week's #PracticalWineAdvice thread, a dive into how grapevines -- which evolved to thrive in hot, dry climates -- came to be so widely irrigated, and why at #TablasCreek we feel there is so much to learn from the past. 1/
January 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I've been answering a lot of questions recently about dry farming. For this week's #PracticalWineAdvice thread, a dive into how grapevines -- which evolved to thrive in hot, dry climates -- came to be so widely irrigated, and why at #TablasCreek we feel there is so much to learn from the past. 1/