by Shona Milne on June 30, 2010
As a more practical matter of how to have our winning WBC or Bust Wine Bloggers taste through quite a few of our wonderful Woodinville wines we had them come to Willows Lodge. It was one of our first nice days this year so we ended up on the patio outside the Fireside Cellars. A […]
by Shona Milne on March 17, 2010
I managed to work my onto the Betz Family Winery list. I think it took me less than a year and I’m so happy that I was able to go to the wine pickup party the other Saturday. While sipping Clos De Betz a friend mentioned that he had the Bob Betz pizza recipe which he […]
by Shona Milne on February 17, 2010
We now have @OWines on Twitter. Convergence Zone Cellars is @CZCellars. Goose Ridge Estates and Vineyards is @GooseRidgeWines. @TenorWines is on Twitter and I just found out that Ross Andrew Winery is @RossAndrewWine. Otis Kenyon is @otiskenyonwine. Now @Irlandeswine who is located in the Wine Experience has signed up. Davenport Cellars is @dcwines. Betz just signed […]
by Shona Milne on August 18, 2009
Greg Lill certainly picked a good day for his big birthday. What a party! The sun was out when I arrived at Chateau Ste. Michelle for the Auction of Washington Wines Picnic to benefit Children’s Hospital and then the weather changed. The dark clouds rolled in and it started to sprinkle and people mostly seemed undisturbed. It […]
by Shona Milne on May 7, 2009
I attended the 11th Homeward Pet Benefit Auction & Dinner on Saturday night at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. It looked like there was a very good turnout. There were a number of items representing our local winemakers & brewmaster: DiStefano, Woodhouse Family Cellars, Columbia Winery, Redhook Brewery, Covington Cellars, Edmonds Winery, J. Bookwalter, Betz, DeLille Cellars, […]
by Shona Milne on April 28, 2009
I received some information from John Bigelow at JM Cellars on the upcoming Woodinville Winemakers & Brew Master Triathlon. The event will be Wednesday, July 22 beginning at 5:00pm. The rules are that there really are not any rules. Proceeds will go to The Mitochondrial Research Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital. Root on your favorite […]
by Steve Broback on May 4, 2008
From Wine Spectator March 31, 2008 issue: Betz Family Winery Syrah Red Mountain La Côte Rousse 2005 Highly Recommended 94 points “Ripe and focused. A plush mouthful of raspberry, black cherry and rhubarb pie flavors play nicely against refined tannins and hints of roasted red peppers and pomegranate on the long, expressive finish. An intense […]
by jason on July 13, 2007
From the Betz News and Events page: Betz Family Winery has been invited to attend this extraordinary wine event. Held every other year in New York City, theWine Spectator sponsored event attracts the very best of wineries from Europe, California, Australia and South America. This year they’ve included a couple of Washington wineries and we’re […]