Home

Thanks for visiting the Boeing Employees Wine and Beermakers Club website. Here you can learn out about the club and its upcoming activities, find out about membership eligibility, become a member (if eligible), and access club-member functions.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--FRL9Myxu--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/dt0jaspc3b8m45ljvpwu.png

wmfreetrial

Home

Details
Parent Category: Wine
Category: Wine Events
Hits: 39

Hello BEWBC Members –
The Boeing Employees Wine and Beer Club would like to invite you to attend a club wine event – Pinot Noir! with a focus on Oregon Pinot Noir and Pinot Noir WINEMAKING – hosted by BEWBC & Brad Sherman (at his winery!).  The tasting will also include a commercial Pinot Noir from a source available to us this year.  

PLEASE RSVP - click on this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VVNHHH
WHEN:         THURSDAY, June 21st, 7:00PM – 9:00PM
WHERE:       Michael Florentino Cellars 
                     (19501 144th Ave NE, Suite C 1200, Woodinville, WA 98072)

WHAT:

  • Pinot Noir is Oregon's greatest grape, and perhaps the best Pinot Noir outside of France. The focus will be on Oregon Pinot Noirs, including an overview of the various AVAs of the Willamette Valley.
  • The tasting and discussion will include factors affecting Pinot Noir wine/style, including growing region/area as illustrated by comparison with a sample from Burgundy (Pinot Noir's ancestral homeland)
  • Tasting will include a commercial Pinot Noir from a vineyard that is available to us to purchase from this year!!  See offering in recent email from BEWBC.  
  • Tasting will include a Chardonnay as well, since Oregon Chardonnay is now available to us this year from that same vineyard.  Like Pinot for red's, Chardonnay is Oregon's premier white grape.
  • Discussion will include Pinot Noir winemaking - some considerations that are unique to PN vs. other red varietals.  

$10/person fee
PLEASE RSVP BY JUNE 18:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VVNHHH

For questions, contact Joe Sikora at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 
Thanks,
Joe & BEWBC

Details
Parent Category: Wine
Category: Wine News
Hits: 61

Crusher Replacement

We’re acquiring a Destemmer Must Pump!

As you may know, there was a very difficult cab crush last fall, involving a 10pm power outage, rescued by Marty Weisman’s generator, finished at the stroke of midnight.  We call ours “Circuit Breaker Cab”.  We were unwilling to repeat this miserable experience, which was just the most traumatic event in a long history of jammed crushers, near-miss safety incidents, and cleanliness complaints. 

The Board has given the go-ahead to purchase a Zambelli Gamma 25 Destemmer Crusher https://www.winemakersdepot.com/Zambelli-Gamma-25.aspx .  Steve Foisie, John Overholt and Jan Goegan have each purchased this destemmer for their personal use.  It’s much safer.  It’s more than four times faster and significantly more efficient (fewer stems), and is much easier to clean. The hopper is only 34" off the ground so loading is easier and the grape must is pumped into primary fermenters. It does require 220 volt service.  Joe Mirowski is helping to get additional 220V bids for us to take to SRS for approval.

We will be conducting familiarization activities after we receive the new destemmer.  There will be some help needed, like construction of a parts board to store the hose and some couplers.

If you're interested and willing to get involved in helping with this transition, please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  I’m pretty sure we know how to turn a work party into a wine celebration. 

To clear some space, offset part of the destemmer cost, and simplify our SRS lives……….

Equipment for Sale

Stainless Steel Crusher with yellow markings, including the three-box stand, $600

Blue Manual Crusher, disassembled, $100

Contact the club Treasurer, Kevin Neal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday June 15th to purchase.

Details
Parent Category: Wine
Category: Wine Events
Hits: 152

Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers Trail Drive and BBQ"  takes place on Saturday, July 21st.  Folks will meet growers and vintners at this all-day wine tasting event which culminates with a BBQ and music at a park.  This is an overnight event.  We will meet in Prosser Saturday late morning, with buses driving us to the various wineries, the BBQ, and then back to our hotel.   The objective is to promote membership in the club while enjoying an AVA experience in the heart of wine country.  Members will be rewarded with a $35 gift card to a wine store of their choice if their guest joins the club.  

The club is fortunate to have a corporate sponsor which reduces our ticket price to $35 for members, and $50 for nonmembers.  Attendees will be responsible for their own lodging, but BEWBC has arranged special pricing for Saturday night with the Holiday Inn Express in Prosser.  A king room is $141 + tax, and a double queen room is $145 + tax.  Pricing can only be guaranteed until July 1st.  Details for lodging will be provided by separate message upon ticket purchase.  Tickets are limited, so reserve your spot now as we are expected to sell out.

BOOK TICKETS HERE!

Details
Parent Category: Wine
Category: Wine Events
Hits: 95

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2018
Time: Judging begins: 12:00 PM
Members arrive: 3:00 PM

Location: Dennis and Page Campbell’s house 
8007 Talbot Rd
Edmonds, WA 98026

Objective: A unique opportunity to have your wines evaluated by industry professio-nals. Enjoy the festivities with good wine, good food, and great company. Prizes for best food dishes and best wine label. This is a family affair, so bring the kids.
It’s time again to start bottling and thinking about which wines to enter into Winefest.
I encourage all members, beginner and seasoned winemakers, to please help sustain this unique experience by entering your wines into this year’s competition. We are so fortunate to have this special opportunity to receive feedback on our wines from industry professionals.
If you would like to help out in making this year’s Winefest another outstanding event, please give me a call or drop me an email. The help is always welcome. This is an ex-cellent opportunity to get involved in your club.
Official wine entry forms, rules, and additional details will be published next month.
I look forward to seeing you and tasting your wines this summer!

Cheers,
Jon Barbour
BEWBC VP of Wine