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Sequitur Wines: Following Its Path

Sequitur Wines: Following Its Path


Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Michael Etzel.

By any measure, Michael Etzel’s impact on Oregon wine is indelible. The founding force behind Beaux Frères, one of the most respected Pinot Noir producers in the Willamette Valley and a winery that helped put Oregon on the global fine wine map, Etzel is the sort of restless visionary who can’t quite sit still, even in “retirement.”

Now, with his son Mikey at the helm of Beaux Frères and another son, Jared, forging his own impressive path with Rodeo Hill and other projects, Michael and his wife Carey have turned their energy toward a deeply personal endeavor: Sequitur Wines, a 12-acre biodynamically farmed vineyard and boutique winery on their serene Chehalem Valley property known as Etzel Farm.

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