"Being certified LIVE and Salmon-Safe has not only opened doors to new customers, but has led to consumer relationships that Benton-Lane Winery and its respective wine drinkers will enjoy well into the future. I feel that the LIVE and Salmon-Safe programs have not only helped us sell wine, but it has also enhanced our brand image."
Lorne Mews
Benton-Lane Winery
LIVE Supporters
6060 Bethel Heights Road NW
Salem, Oregon 97304
tel: 503/581-2262, fax: 503/581-0943
Bethel Heights is a family owned and operated estate winery in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA of the Willamette Valley. Established in 1977 by two families, twin brothers Ted and Terry Casteel and their partners Pat Dudley and Marilyn Webb, Bethel Heights has expanded in recent years to include second-generation leadership and ownership. The winery now produces around thirteen thousand cases each year, most of which comes from the seventy-acre estate vineyard, with its backbone of thirty-year-old own-rooted Pinot noir and Chardonnay vines. Several different Pinot noir wines are produced each year, including the age-worthy “Estate,” various block-designated and vineyard-designated special bottlings in small lots, and the barrel selected, blended “Casteel Reserve.” Pinot gris and Pinot blanc round out the portfolio.
Bethel Heights vineyard manager and co-owner Ted Casteel was one of the founders of the LIVE program, and Bethel Heights 1999 Estate Grown Pinot Noir was the first certified sustainably grown wine released in the U.S. Bethel Heights Vineyard has also been certified Salmon Safe since 1997.