Episode 7: Tablas Creek Vineyard Jason Haas - How Regenerative Organic Practices Benefit Vineyards

Jason Haas is a Partner and General Manager at Tablas Creek Vineyard. Jason Haas is the second-generation proprietor of Tablas Creek. He learned the wine business at an early age, accompanying his father Robert Haas on European wine-buying trips and spending two summers working at a winery in France. Tablas Creek is a pioneer of California's Rhone movement. Founded in 1989, it is the culmination of friendship between two of the international wine community's leading families dating back to 1967: the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and the Haas family of Vineyard Brands. After a four-year search, the partners chose Paso Robles, California, for its many similarities to the southern Rhone, and began the lengthy process of importing vine cuttings, building a grapevine nursery, and creating an estate vineyard from scratch. Tablas Creek Vineyard is USDA Certified Organic, Biodynamic Certified, and Regenerative Organic Certified.   TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:03 – Introduction 1:03 – 3:29 – History of Tablas Creek Vineyard 3:29 – 4:37 – What was your life like before becoming involved with Tablas Creek? 4:37 – 10:59 – Tablas Creek was the first vineyard to become Regenerative Organic Certified – what made you decide to achieve Regenerative Organic Certification? 10:59 – 13:23 – What was it like going through the Regenerative Organic Certification process? 13:23 – 18:29 – What are some of the agricultural practices you implement on your vineyard? 18:29 – 22:51 – What are some of the challenges of using Regenerative Organic practices? 22:51 – 26:03 – What are some of the benefits of using Regenerative Organic practices? 26:03 – 29:44 – Is climate change a concern for people in the wine business and how can using Regenerative Organic practices help vineyards? 29:44 – 33:38 – What makes Tablas Creek wine unique? 33:38 – 37:46 – Alternative packaging innovation and wrap up   TABLAS CREEK INFORMATION Tablas Creek: https://tablascreek.com/ Tablas Creek Blog: https://tablascreek.typepad.com/ Tablas Creek Instagram: @tablascreek   RESOURCES Tablas Creek Packaging: https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2024/02/thinking-about-the-box-in-which-we-are-thinking-inside-the-box.html Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries in the World – Tablas Creek: https://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/top100tastingsf/wineries Food and Wine Innovators of the Year – Jason Haas: https://www.foodandwine.com/drinks/drinks-innovators-of-the-year-jason-haas   FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet   TAGS Food Environment Health Podcast Sustainability Wine Vineyards Viticulture Organic Organic Certified Biodynamic Biodynamic Certified Regenerative Organic Regenerative Organic Certified