United by their interest in wine, in 1977 Ted Casteel, Pat Dudley, Terry Casteel, and Marilyn Webb, together with Pat's sister Barbara Dudley, abandoned the academic life and bought 75 promising-looking acres northwest of Salem, with 14 acres of newly planted cuttings in the ground. They moved to the property in 1978 and started a new life. In 1979 the family cleared and planted 36 more acres and in 1981 they harvested their first crop and st...
We’ve grown our estate vineyards gradually for more than thirty-five years, from the original 14 acres planted in 1977 to just over 100 acres in 2014. Three-fourths of our plantings are Pinot noir, with Chardonnay expanding as our primary white variety.
Our Legacy Blocks of own-rooted vines, planted between 1977 and 1979 before the advent of phylloxera in Oregon, include 23 acres of Pinot noir (Pommard and Wädenswil clones), and 4.5 acres o...
When our family arrived at Bethel Heights in 1977 we found a flourishing ecosystem in place: healthy living soils, a stream running through a shady ravine fed by a pure clean spring, and a rich diversity of wildlife with which we have learned to co-habit. Above all else we have sought to grow our grapes and make our wine without diminishing the life of this place.
Bethel Heights has long been on the forefront in the fight for farmland prote...
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