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MEET THE WINEMAKER
pre-event VIP Party
5:30pm |
Bob Betz, Betz Family Winery
This is a rare opportunity to meet Bob and Cathy Betz and learn about the powerful lush red wines produced at the award winning Betz Family Winery.
“Precision is a great descriptor for Betz Family wines; these are meticulous, immaculate wines sourced from superb vineyards.
-Wine Enthusiast Magazine, April 09
VIP guests will also enjoy
2007 Bésoleil
(a Grenache-based wine that’s slightly lighter than our other wines, more festive)
2007 Syrah La Côte Rousse
(full bodied, powerful Syrah)
2006 Clos de Betz
(Merlot-dominant, deeply colored, rich, supple)
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Père de Famille,
served from magnum (Seattle Times Wine Critic Paul Gregutt’s Number One Washington Wine
for 2008)
Reserve to Attend VIP, limited to 100 people.
Carmen, Bob and Cathy Betz
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BOB BETZ
BETZ FAMILY WINERY |
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Bob Betz is Owner/Winemaker of Betz Family Winery, the latest chapter in his 35 years in the wine world. Following his college degree he and his wife Cathy spent a year in the vineyards of Europe, focusing on the basics of grape growing and winemaking.
After returning to Seattle in the mid 1970s Bob joined Chateau Ste. Michelle. During his nearly three decades there Bob was part of the emergence of Washington winemaking, working with growers and winemakers to make this new viticultural area a reality. At retirement in 2003 Bob was vice-president of winemaking research and managing director of two international joint ventures, Col Solare with the Antinori Family from Tuscany, and Eroica with Dr. Ernst Loosen from the Mosel. Bob also holds the Masters of Wine (MW) degree from the Institute of Masters of Wine in London.
In the mid 1990s Bob and Cathy crushed their first grapes for Betz Family Winery, focused on red varieties from the Columbia Valley. Working with specific vineyards and growers in selected climates and soil sites, Bob began to make compelling Bordeaux and Rhone-variety red wines. By concentrating on defined vineyards and growing strategies, precise cellar protocol and limiting case production, today Betz Family Winery crafts wines that reflect the diligence that a small producer can bring to making fine wine.
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