Visiting

We know that we are reopening in a new environment and are taking a number of steps to ensure that your experience is both safe and welcoming. These include:

• Open-air tasting on our patio. We have a great patio space with several shaded levels, and we've made the necessary alterations to ensure that everyone has their own space. There is good evidence that the risks of Covid-19 transmission outside, with good distancing, are very low.
• Tasting by appointment only, so we can regulate traffic flow, make sure that we don't have people building up in our parking lots, and be sure that we can take great care of the people who do make the journey.
  
• Plenty of time between groups to clean and sanitize spaces. We want to make sure we have enough time for a relaxed tasting, and to clean and sanitize spaces, with no one having to wait.
• All seated flight tastings. We're offering tastings of six wines, served in two flights of three. Glasses are brought to tables using no-touch carriers.
• No groups larger than six. We want to be able to give all guests personal attention, which just isn't possible in large groups. And the distanced seating arrangements mean we can't safely pull tables together. If you have a larger group, we apologize. We look forward to welcoming you once the crisis has eased. Please note that the limit is six total people, inclusive of designated drivers, non-tasters, and children.
• Face coverings for us, and for you until you're seated. Our team will be wearing face coverings, and we ask guests to as well until seated at their tables. We have disposable masks for anyone who needs one.
• Education and health checks for our team. We're working with our team to help them monitor their own health. No one who is showing any symptoms is allowed to work. We have always granted paid sick leave for our team members, so they have no economic incentive to work while they might be ill.
• Enhanced cleaning protocols. We're cleaning and sterilizing all guest spaces between groups, as well as offering touchless hand sanitizing stations.
• Misters to keep you cool. We know that it could be warm. We have good shade, and we've also installed misters around our patio to make sure that we mitigate the heat on warm days.
• Sorry, no picnicking. Unfortunately, as all the tables on our patio will be used for tastings we cannot accommodate picnicking for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis.

Even as we reopen, we're continuing Zoom virtual tastings for those who can't or aren't ready to travel. We've created a "Virtual Tasting Pack" with four different bottles of our flagship Esprit de Tablas wines for a ready-made tasting, or you're welcome to order any four wines you've been wanting to try (or have on hand). Ask any questions you want of your dedicated host, whether about Tablas Creek, our projects, or anything else wine-related that’s on your mind. To reserve or ask questions, e-mail visit@tablascreek.com or call 805.237.1231 x 233.