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2009 Vintage – Climbing up, punching down

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , , , on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The harvest may be over, but fermentations are in full swing.  Punching down 9 tanks and 81 bins full of warm bubbly Pinot noir three times a day,  every day…

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2009 Harvest – Break for lunch!

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some say the best thing about harvest is lunch time!  Marilyn cooks for the crew almost every day, with occasional breaks for a guest chef.  Salmon chowder with bacon was such a big hit that we posted the recipe on our web site recipe archive.  Bon appetit!

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2009 Harvest – Flipping 480 Boxes

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , , on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

480 boxes flipped since September 28:  Dump, sort, destem, repeat…

480 boxes flipped (240 tons), September 28 – October 17, 2009

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2009 Harvest – Picking 480 boxes, bucket by bucket

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

480 boxes = 240 tons, bucket by bucket…

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Ah Spring……Time to Dry Your Wings and Look for Road Kill

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Terry captured these two turkey vultures drying their wings, perched on vineyard end posts at Bethel Heights one early April morning when the sun favored us with an appearance.  The vultures arrived in the Willamette Valley punctually, around the middle of March.  One day you look up into the sky and there they are, four [...]

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Winery Pets (AKA Keri’s Assistants)

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Jelly Bean the rescue cat loves Keri, our bookkeeper.  She used to sit on Keri’s chair, lap, sometimes her keyboard.  Then came Tony, the Pug. 
Now everybody shares.  The next time you visit, and if it’s during business hours, come find our office and meet the dynamic duo, JellyBean and Tony.  Keri will introduce you.
From Jelly [...]

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Halloween Greetings from Bethel Heights Vineyard

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Luke the Bethel Heights vineyard cat has been practicing for this all year!

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Chanterelles and Grapes – Time to Harvest

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
Many friends of Bethel Heights know that Terry, our winemaker some 23 years, has Parkinson’s disease.  One of the unexpected treasures Terry and I have experienced as a result of his Parkinson’s is meeting a group of terrific people who support the research program looking for the cure at Oregon Health Sciences University.  For three [...]

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Vintage 2008 – Cooking for the Crush Crew

Posted in 2008 Harvest, Block by Blog, The Vineyard Life, tagged , , , , , , on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

According to Marilyn, this tradition of Mulligatawny Soup for the first harvest lunch goes back to 1977, the year Ben was born and Terry and Marilyn and four of their friends made wine in the basement of their house in Seattle. That was very shortly before we all moved to Oregon and started Bethel Heights [...]

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FALL IN THE VINEYARD – THE EQUINOX AND WAITING

Posted in The Vineyard Life, tagged on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Fall Equinox happened September 22.  That’s my assigned blog day, and though I’m running late, it’s still worth observing.  Walking in the vineyard this time of year, and freezing, canning and drying the bounty of orchard and garden, I am reminded of how blessed we are to live in a place where we can [...]

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