The Kautz Family owns over 2,600 hectares of vineyards located in the Lodi and Sierra Foothills appellations of California. They grow a variety of grapes including Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah. The family focuses on sustainable viticulture practices and sells wines under various labels produced at their winery and vineyards or other affiliated wineries. They also operate a visitor center and host concerts and events at their property.

2. The
Kautz
Family

3. ●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.

4. LODI APPELLATION
●Located 160 km east of San
Francisco
●Major wine grape growing
region since the 1850s
●Appellation approved by the
Federal government in 1986
●More than 40,000 hectares,
750 growers
●Annual yield comprises 20% of
California’s total wine grape
production
●Produces over 40% of
California’s Zinfandel
25% Cabernet Sauvignon
25% Merlot
42% Petite Sirah
20% Syrah
20% Chardonnay
29% Pinot Grigio
19% Sauvignon Blanc

5. 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

6. 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

7. IRONSTONE WINERY

8. 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

9. 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

10. GARDENS

11. WINEMAKING TEAM
Steve Millier Craig Rous Mary Sullivan
And, Natale Gagliardo, Export Winemaker, Bear Creek Winery

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

13. 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

14. • 2014 Facelift
• -New modern and clean label
• -New bottles
• -Move to Lodi appellation (Chardonnay, Pinot
Grigio, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Old Vine Zinfandel)
• -Screwtop closure for Chardonnay & Pinot
Grigio
• -Enhanced wine in the bottle!

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

17. 2014 Facelift
●New updated labels
●Screwtop closure
●Enhanced wine

19. ●50,000 ton crush production
●8 100 ton membrane presses
●8 Diemme bladder presses
●1,008,000 gallons continuous pump-over
static red fermenters capacity
●8 100 ton rotary fermenters
●2 25 ton rotary fermenters
●Specialized filtration facility
Wine storage expanding in 2014
Constructed in 1934
Purchased by the Kautz family in 1997
A large scale winery acting with a small
Winery attitude to quality, Bear Creek offers a full
range of Winemaking services

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Distribution
• Antigua, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire, Brazil, Canada (Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island), China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
Germany, Grenada, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, South Korea,
Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Russia,
Singapore, St. Maarten, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turks & Caicos, United Arab Emirates, The
United Kingdom, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands, USA, Vietnam