VINsider Benefits

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Become a Tablas Creek VINsider!

The VINsider wine club is a unique opportunity to become a part of the Tablas Creek family. Members receive a twice-yearly selection of wines, including new vintages before they are released to the public and exclusive members-only wines... all at a 20% discount off the list prices. Members also receive priority invitation to and discounts on seminars, tastings, and events at the winery and around the country.

Tablas Creek VINsider Membership Details

  • Tablas Creek VINsider Club members receive a six-bottle selection of wine chosen by our winemakers, each fall and spring
  • Shipments include pre-release items, special cuvées, and members-only releases. We have a list of the contents of previous shipments
  • Many of these wines are produced in very limited quantities and are available only to VINsiders. You can view the online order form to see the current VINsider exclusives
  • Cost of each shipment reflects a 20% discount off the list price of each bottle, and typically ranges between $170 and $210, plus applicable sales tax and shipping
  • Membership is free and may be cancelled at any time 30 days prior to the shipment date
  • Members receive email notice of upcoming shipments six weeks and two weeks in advance, as well as a tracking number when their package ships from the warehouse
  • Wines are shipped next-day ground (CA) or second-day air (other states), limiting the exposure of the wines to heat and vibration
  • Shipment is made in sturdy, insulated recyclable pulp packing containers, ensuring that your wine arrives in top condition
  • Wine Club is available for shipment to the following states: AK, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IA, KS, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY. For more information on whether your state is coming soon, visit our page on direct shipping policies

Additional VINsider Benefits

  • An annual invitation to our early-December futures tasting, where members can taste the recent vintage and reserve futures on our highly allocated Esprit de Beaucastel and Panoplie wines
  • Priority invitation to limited-seating winemaker dinners, seminars, and tastings
  • Free tasting for you and your guests when you visit the Tablas Creek tasting room
  • A 20% discount (25% on orders of 12 bottles or more) on all additional orders of Tablas Creek wines, whether ordering in person, online, or by phone
  • A 20% discount on Tablas Creek merchandise
  • A $15.00 gift certificate for you for each new VINsider you refer  who signs up.
  • Receive a free copy of the Tablas Creek VINformer Newsletter, containing exclusive stories about the estate, tasting notes, and harvest information

Become a Wine Club Member

  • Please fill out the form online
  • Shipments are all sent via UPS Ground (CA) and UPS or FedEx 2nd Day Air (other states). Shipping for California is $15/shipment. Shipping for Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming is $25/shipment. Shipping for Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, Wisconsin and West Virginia is $30/shipment.
  • Delivery occurs between 9AM and 5PM Monday-Friday; we recommend using a business address if you are away from home during the day.
  • An adult signature is required at delivery. Shippers cannot leave packages (which is why we recommend using a business address).
  • By signing up, you acknowledge that your semi-annual shipments will be charged to your credit card.
  • Membership is free.

Email vinsider@tablascreek.com with any questions

Update Member Information

Need to update your membership information on file for the VINsider Wine Club? Please fill out the update form by selecting “Update my membership information”, along with your VINsider member number, and update any information that may have changed.

Upcoming Events

Celebrate Paso Robles Wine Festival with Tablas Creek

Join us for the Paso Robles Wine Community's biggest celebration! We'll pour Esprit de Beaucastel at Friday's Reserve Event and a range of new releases at Saturday's Grand Tasting. And all weekend we'll have special wines open at the winery and will be taking tours to visit our herd of sheep, alpacas and donkeys. Sunday 11am to 1:30pm enjoy Chef Jacob Lovejoy's small plates, free with a tasting. Details & more events »

Tablas Creek News

Featured Wine for May: 2011 Cotes de Tablas Blanc

In May, we're featuring our 2011 Cotes de Tablas Blanc at a 10% discount. In 2011, our Viognier crop was cut by 80% due to spring frost, leaving a tiny, intense yield of less than one-half a ton per acre. The resulting wine is rich and tropical, with stone fruits and honey, but at the same time firmly dry, with a very long, saline & mineral finish. Details »

On the Blog: When Terroir Was a Dirty Word

May 15, 2013

Take a look at the seven-line entry of Frank Schoonmaker, America’s foremost wine expert and author in 1964, about terroir. His association, rather than the "somewhereness" the wine exhibits, is more of a taste of dirt, neither elegant nor elevated: "somewhat unpleasant, common, persistent”. My, how things have changed. More »