{"id":4399,"date":"2014-08-18T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hootnannieblog.com\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2014-08-18T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:02:13","slug":"interview-jason-haas-tablas-creek-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/hootnannie\/2014\/08\/18\/interview-jason-haas-tablas-creek-vineyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here\u2019s another interview for you. This one is with Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyard<\/a>, and due to the length of it I think I will break it into two parts. He included some great information in his answers and for those not familiar with Jason you get a chance to get to know him a bit.<\/p>\n

Tablas Creek is another one of the really cool stories in Paso Robles and I would go so far as saying one of the iconic local brands. From customer service to branding to playing with some very unique varieties, it\u2019s definitely a winery that understands all aspects of the business.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s dive in\u2026<\/p>\n

Matt: How long have you been involved in the wine industry?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> Somewhere between 12 years and my whole life.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been out here working at Tablas Creek full-time since 2002, but grew up in it, with my dad a wine importer and while I was growing up tending to get sent to vineyards in France to work when I didn\u2019t have other summer plans.\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t want to go straight into a family business right out of school, so I taught for a while, and managed a tech company between 1998 and 2001.\u00a0 I quit in 2001 \u2013 knowing I\u2019d be moving out here the next year \u2013 to learn a little more about the American wine market, and to start making some contacts with our distributor network.<\/p>\n

Matt: There is an amazing story behind Tablas Creek that most people know about so I won’t ask you to repeat that yet again. I will ask this though…what does Tablas Creek mean to you?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> Tablas Creek is ultimately the story of a friendship between two families that goes back nearly 50 years.\u00a0 What people see when they come here reflects that in all sorts of ways: most obviously the grapevines that we brought over from France, and the style of the winemaking, with big foudres and native yeasts.\u00a0 But it\u2019s also a collaborative way of decision-making, a long-term outlook that what\u2019s important is building a place and a brand that will last multiple generations, and a commitment to making the right decisions that will allow us to show off our place, through the prism of these Rhone grapes that we feel grow so well here.<\/p>\n

Matt: If you were not in the wine business what do you think you would be doing?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> I really don\u2019t know.\u00a0 There are lots of things that I\u2019m interested in and have done, from technology to teaching, so likely something involving those.\u00a0 I also have a master\u2019s degree in archaeology, so maybe that?\u00a0 Or architectural design, which I studied as an undergrad, and whose combination of rigor and art I think has some parallels to winemaking.<\/p>\n

Matt: What’s your favorite thing about Paso Robles?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> I love the sense of community, where wineries collaborate rather than compete, and are always in and out of each other\u2019s places, sharing ideas.\u00a0 I know from talking to friends who work in other wine regions that it\u2019s not the norm.<\/p>\n

Matt: What’s your least favorite thing about Paso Robles?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> There\u2019s not much.\u00a0 I do find the summers a little relentless, coming from the east coast, where you get warmth and heat broken by clouds, rain and cool.\u00a0 By month 5 of blazing sun I\u2019d love a little break.\u00a0 But on the flip side, it\u2019s nice not having to worry about weather in your planning, and not having to wrestle with cold-weather or wet-weather gear with our kids.<\/p>\n

Matt: What is your favorite wine variety to drink currently?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> I don\u2019t really have a single favorite, and it depends so much on what I\u2019m eating as I rarely drink wine on its own.\u00a0 Maybe dry ros\u00e9s, whose flexibility I love, and whose quality has never been higher?<\/p>\n

Matt:\u00a0 If you’re not drinking wine you’re drinking ______?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> I tweeted out at one point that I was waiting for the artisan lager revolution to start, and I loved the responses it got.\u00a0 I actually think it\u2019s beginning to happen, and that maybe I wasn\u2019t the only one frustrated with the trend toward more and more powerful IPA\u2019s, with more hops and more sweetness.\u00a0 I value refreshment in both wine and beer, and don\u2019t want my beverage to be fatiguing.<\/p>\n

Matt: What is the thing you are proudest of in Paso Robles that you were involved in?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> I love seeing what an epicenter Paso Robles has become in the Rhone Rangers movement, and am proud to have built the Paso Robles Chapter of the Rhone Rangers here.\u00a0 When I joined the Rhone Rangers board of directors a decade ago, there were only a dozen Paso wineries involved, which I thought was a huge missed opportunity.\u00a0 Now, whenever Rhone Rangers does an event anywhere, the number and quality of Paso producers who pour makes a compelling point about our central place in the movement.\u00a0 And that this chapter has grown to the point that we do events nearly every month is incredibly rewarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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