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Bethel Heights Vineyard is an Oregon winery in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA of the Willamette Valley. Founded in 1977 by twin brothers Ted and Terry Casteel, their wives Pat Dudley and Marilyn Webb and Pat's sister Barbara Dudley, the vineyard was one of the earliest plantings in the Eola-Amity Hills region. While initially only a vineyard, a winery was built with the first estate wines produced in 1984. While specializing in Pinot noir, offering several individual block and vineyard designated bottlings, Bethel Heights also produces wines made from Chardonnay, Pinot gris, Pinot blanc, Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, and Gewürztraminer.〔John Winthrop Haeger ''Pacific Pinot noir'' pg 51-53 University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 2008 ISBN 9780520253179〕〔Steve Roberts. ''Wine Trails of Oregon'' pg 234-235 South Slope Productions, Mercer Island, WA 2009 ISBN 978-0-9792698-1-3〕 Today, the winery remains family owned between the Casteel-Dudley-Webb families with 11 co-owners.〔Patrick Comiskey ''"(Passing the baton in Oregon's Willamette Valley )"'' ''Los Angeles Times'' April 28th, 2012〕 The winery has earned a reputation in the region as a pioneer in "sensible and sustainable" viticulture〔 with Ted Casteel being one of the co-founders of the Low Input Viticulture and Enology (LIVE) certification program in the state of Oregon.〔Peter Mitham ''"(Mixing It Up = Sustainable: A syncretic approach guides viticultural practice in Oregon )"'' ''Wines & Vines'' March 2009 issue〕 In 1997, Bethel Heights was one of the first vineyards in Oregon to be certified Salmon-Safe and they are a member of the Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine (OCSW).〔Salmon-Safe ''"(Vineyards )"'' Accessed: May 3rd, 2012〕〔Dana Nigro ''"(Oregon Launches Statewide Certification for Sustainable Wine )"'' ''Wine Spectator'' April 22nd, 2009〕 In 2007, they were among the first Oregon wineries to join the Oregon Global Warming Commission and pledged to go carbon neutral by 2010.〔Jacob Gaffney ''"(Oregon Wineries Pledge to Go Carbon Neutral )"'' ''Wine Spectator'' September 7th, 2010〕 ==History== Hearing about the growing Oregon wine industry and the work of pioneering winemakers making Pinot noir, the Casteel brothers and their wives sold their houses in Seattle, Washington and purchased land that was slated to become a trailer park in the Eola Hills northwest of the city of Salem, Oregon. The land was deemed "not suitable for farming" but the Casteels found the south-facing slope with good exposure and shallow, well drained soils to be ideal for viticulture so they purchased the land and planted of Pinot noir vines in 1977.〔〔Nick Passmore ''"(The Heights of Oregon Pinot noir )"'' ''Business Week Magazine'' September 16th, 2010〕 The Casteel named area Bethel Heights after the unincorporated area of Bethel, Polk County, Oregon where the estate is located.〔Bethel Heights ''"(Our History )"'' Accessed: May 3rd, 2012〕 Over the years, the Casteels expanded and planted more acres to Pinot noir and other varieties such as Chardonnay and Pinot blanc. In 1984, a winery was built on the estate and they began producing wine under the Bethel Heights label with Terry Casteel taking over the main winemaking duties. By 1992, the winery operation had grown enough where the vineyard stopped selling fruit to other wineries with all the estate grapes being used for the Bethel Heights label.〔 Today, the winery remains family owned between the Casteel-Dudley-Webb families with 11 co-owners.〔 Many of the children of Ted and Terry Casteel have followed in their parents footsteps and are working in the winery. In 2007, Terry and Marilyn's son, Ben Casteel took over head winemaking duties as Terry's sense of smell declined due to the advancement of Parkinson.〔 Ted and Pat's daughter, Mimi, is the general manager and viticulturist.〔Kevin Max ''"(The Next Generation of Oregon Winemakers )"'' 1859 Oregon Magazine April 1st, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bethel Heights Vineyard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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