Bear Creek Winery - Comapny presentation

1. Bear Creek Winery

2. The Kautz Family

3. The Kautz Family Vineyard is the 6th largest
family owned and operated vineyard
operation in California. The family
currently farms in excess of 8,000 acres or
3,250 hectares in the Lodi and the Sierra
Foothills appellations.

4. The Kautz Family Vineyards
SIERRA FOOTHILLS APPELLATION
• Total area is 274 kilometers long, located alongside the Sierra Nevada
Mountain Range and includes 1 million total hectares of land
• Wine grape plantings are over 2,300 hectares
• 300-900 meters above sea level with shallow, granite, volcanic and clay soils
• Sierra Foothills AVA established in 1987

5. • 50,000 ton crush production
• 60 million liter wine capacity
• 8ea 100 ton Diemme bladder presses
• 1,008,000 gallons continuous pump-over
static red fermenters capacity.
• 8ea 100 ton rotary fermenters
• 2ea 25 ton rotary fermenters
• Specialized filtration facility
• Wine storage expanding in 2014
• Constructed in 1934
• Acquired by the Kautz family in 1997
• Currently a state of the art winery.
• A large scale winery acting with a small
• Winery attitude towards quality.
• Bear Creek offers a full range of Winemaking
services

6. Established in 1934
Yes, established in
1934 post- prohibition
to serve as a
cooperative for local
grape growers.
Some of the original
redwood vats are still
in use after decades
of careful use and
maintenance.
These rare vats point
to a heritage of
winemaking
continued on by state
of the art technology.

7. BCW Winemaking Team
Steve Millier Craig Rous Mary Sullivan
And, Natale Gagliardo, Export Winemaker, Bear Creek Winery

8. Acquired by the Kautz family in 1997

9. Business Parameters
• Bear Creek Winery specializes in preparing custom
blended wines to meet specific customer programs in
end user markets.
• Wines are finished and prepped for bottling at
destination bottlers.
• Minimum export orders in bulk format of 24,000 liters
are shipped in flexi tanks.
• Domestic shipments are done by tanker trucks or totes.

10. • Vineyards located in Lodi and Sierra
Foothills appellations
• Family owns over 2,600 hectares of
vineyards. Ranked as the 6th largest
wine grape grower.
• Varieties include Chardonnay,
Symphony, Viognier, Verdelho, Muscat
Canelli, Merlot, Cabernet Franc,
Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Zinfandel,
Petite Sirah, Souzoa, Malbec, Petite
Verdot and many more.
• Vineyard locations offer diverse
geography, soils and climates to
provide varietally correct, complex
wines.

11. GARDENS

12. GARDENS

13. EVENTS
●Wine Tasting & Gourmet Deli
●Executive Chef Rob cooking series
●Weddings and private events
●Concours d’Elegance
●Gold rush Museum & Jewelry shop
●Conference facilities
●World’s largest gold
piece on display
●Landscaped gardens

14. Sheryl Crow
Carrie Underwood
Alan Jackson
The Fray
Doobie Brothers
Don Henley
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Reo Speedwagon
Pat Benatar
Sugarland
Jason Mraz
BB King/Etta James

15. SUSTAINABLE VITICULTURE PRACTICES
●Family has practiced for over 30 years
●Integrated Pest Management
●Cover crops, water management, soil fertility
programs, vineyard trellis’, beneficial plants,
insects and wildlife

16. Underground Wine Aging Caverns
Sierra Foothills, Reserve Wines, Estate Grown,
– Chardonnay
– Viognier
– Cabernet Franc
– Cabernet Sauvignon
– Meritage
– Kramer Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
Lodi Appellation
– Malbec
– Old Vine Zinfandel
– Rous Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel

17. Classic Series
• Lodi Chardonnay
• Lodi Pinot Grigio
• California Xpression Pink Moscato
• Lodi Merlot
• Lodi Cabernet Franc
• Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon
• Lodi Petite Sirah
• Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel

19. • www.ObsessionWines.com
• Symphony- Cross between
Muscat of Alexandria &
Grenache Gris
• RED –Blend of Merlot,
Zinfandel & Petite Sirah

20. 2014 Facelift
●New updated labels
●Screwtop closure
●Enhanced wine