BEWBC Announcement – Vibe Cellars Vibe Cellars Announcement The Cooper Family is excited to announce the opening of Vibe Cellars our new winery located in beautiful Lake Chelan, WA. We are proud to join the MANY former Boeing Employees Wine & Beer Club (BEWBC) members to stand up a Washington State licensed winery. Please check out our website at vibecellars.com and get to know our story. We want to thank the MANY BEWBC Members that have taught us excellent winemaking skills (especially Steve Foisie and Steve Galea … excellent mentors), gain access to world-class wine varietals, and grow in our understanding and love for Washington wines. Each of you are an inspiration to us … THANK YOU!! Here are Erik and Michael Cooper getting their own first 2012 vintage fruit … and another shot of them crushing our 2020 vintage … a lot of learning and passion has accumulated over those years. Both Erik and Michael completed WSU’s Viticultural Certificate Program and Erik has also completed their Vinicultural Program as well. Erik has spent the last 4 years working with Nefarious Winery in Lake Chelan and felt it was time to begin his journey in earnest. We probably could have chosen a better time to launch our endeavor given the current Covid-19 Crisis … but, all things have their time. We opened our winery doors to website sales and winery pick-up sales this July 24th, 2020 and have received wonderful support and feedback on our first vintage … a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon from River Ridge Vineyard on Horse Heaven Hills AVA and a fabulous Sangiovese from Chandler Reach Vineyards on the Yakima Valley AVA. We recently bottled and labeled our 2019 wines; 2019 vintage wines include a Stillwater Creek Vineyard – Syrah and two fantastic blends …a Gemelli - Super Tuscan Blend (Chandler Reach Vineyards Sangiovese / River Ridge Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon) and our unique Cabernet Sauvignon based VOODOO Blend. You might be wondering why “Gemelli” … it’s Italian for “Twins” … that should make sense given Erik and Michael are identical twins. We plan on releasing these 2019 wines later this year or with our March-April 2021 Spring Release. Boeing Employees Wine & Beer Club (BEWBC) & Friends - Wine Sale SPECIAL SALE, GET 25% OFF ALL WINE & MERCHANDISE PURCHASES From Friday 10/2/2020 through Sunday 10/31/2020 ONLY, all BEWBC shoppers GET 25% OFF ALL WINE & MERCHANDISE PURCHASES. Input this Coupon Code: BEWBC On our Website Check-Out Screen where it asks “+ Add a coupon code”. THANK YOU and please share this offer with your friends and family. Go to this link … SHOP VIBE CELLARS Note: Only one Coupon Code can be used per Order. However, order as many times as you like during our BEWBC October 2020 SALE.

Red Mountain Merlot— Crush Day ❤️❤️❤️ Grapes are in an amazing conditions. No must adjustment needed!!! So glad that our first time wine makers have a great start! Photos curtesy of our new members #WineMakingClass2020 #Merlot

New beginning of a Vintage #WineMakin #MoreToCome

Winemakers: Erica Orr, Winemaking Consulting in Woodinville, has 50 cases of burgundy style new bottles in antique green she is selling at $5/case. Contact her directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for purchase details. 🙂

Congratulations to Tom Wiitala and Laraine Volpe for their award winning labels!

New Winemakers testing their wine last weekend. They were pleased with the results and look forward to bottling their first vintage!

Good article on the Red Mountain AVA. https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/how-red-mountain-grew-into-washingtons-premier-wine-region/

Folks came to crush their grapes last Sunday and were dismayed at the condition of the Gamma 25. Grape skins were found in the filler tube as well as inside the crusher. Their crush was delayed an hour so they could properly clean the machine.

Friday’s harvest and crush - Chandler Reach Cab Sauvignon.

Carefully unloading the truck

Crush master explaining the crush process. 5200 pounds of grapes from Artz Vineyard 😀

Mission Accomplished!

A beautiful day yesterday to crush Cab Sauv grapes from CRV.

Huge Congratulations to Club President Mike Doherty who won Best of Show of Red Grape Wine at the Puyallup fair! Tom Witala won a blue ribbon in the label contest, not to mention many other blue ribbons in wine making. Our club was well represented and showcased our many talented winemakers! 🍷🍷

Crush is here! Our Stillwater grapes arrived late afternoon but we were up to the task! Happy Fermentation everyone!