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The Dog Days of Summer
Photo of Willie courtesy of our tasting room guest Julian Saaiman The Dog Days of Summer describes the most oppressive period of summer,...
Neil & Sue Shay
Jul 25, 20217 min read


Happy Birthday to Bluebird Hill Cellars!
Photo courtesy of Steven Polansky We will close the blog with this news, but just to let everyone know what is going on, we are...
Neil & Sue Shay
May 24, 20218 min read


March Madness?
AKA our March 2021 Blog Post It’s a cloudy and cool Sunday afternoon here at Bluebird Hill, and we’re taking some time to catch our...
Neil & Sue Shay
Mar 22, 20218 min read


A Stirring Story – January 2021
Snow Day - January 26, 2021 While the winery and vineyard work continues with the typical chores of the mid-winter, the big news here...
Neil & Sue Shay
Jan 27, 20219 min read


Zooming Into 2021!
Since we first went into quarantine back in March, we are grateful that throughout the year, we’ve been able to keep up with so many of...
Neil & Sue Shay
Dec 16, 20206 min read


Thanksgiving Blessings
Greetings Friends!! We are just trying to manage things, like everyone else in the USA, and we guess, around the whole wide world. We...
Neil & Sue Shay
Nov 21, 20206 min read


“MY UN-FAVORITE YEAR – PART 2”
About a month ago, in our last blog post, right before Labor Day weekend, we were reflecting on the events of the year. Of course, almost...
Neil & Sue Shay
Oct 12, 20208 min read


“MY UN-FAVORITE YEAR”
We KNOW the August blog went on and on and on, so we promise to be more concise here. Long story short, we are now about to start our 7th...
Neil & Sue Shay
Sep 3, 20206 min read


Playing it Forward and Giving Thanks
We decided last month, Neil, Sue and the group of South Benton volunteers that have worked with us the past few years, to postpone the...
Neil & Sue Shay
Aug 6, 202011 min read


Hedging Our Bets
Either the “New Normal” or “New Abnormal” (as Neil says sometimes now), it’s hard to believe that during this crazy time, we can talk, or...
Neil & Sue Shay
Jul 2, 20205 min read


Welcome Back!
We have to be honest; we received the news of our county being approved for ‘Phase One’ of reopening of businesses with equal parts of...
Neil & Sue Shay
May 15, 20207 min read


First Things First
We are chomping at the bit to tell everyone about the latest goings on at Bluebird Hill, but as the title says, we need to say the most...
Neil & Sue Shay
Apr 17, 20206 min read


Flattening the Curve
There are a bajillion things we’d love to be starting with, related to wine and vine, but in the forefront now, is this other, ...
Neil & Sue Shay
Mar 19, 20207 min read


2019 Year in Review
Thanksgiving is gone, and now the December holidays are here and we’re getting ready for the New Year, so for all those out there, this...
Neil & Sue Shay
Dec 26, 20194 min read


Don’t Mess With Mother Nature!
In our last blog, back in September, we talked about getting ready for harvest. The beautiful summer weather continued into...
Neil & Sue Shay
Nov 22, 201910 min read


Sharpening Our Saws
It’s been said that you cannot cut wood effectively if all you do is cut wood, there needs to be some time sitting back and sharpening...
Neil & Sue Shay
Sep 24, 20195 min read


Happy Holidays?
Certainly not the yuletide holiday season, but the winery season in the Willamette Valley unofficially kicks off for the summer over the...
Neil & Sue Shay
Jun 24, 20196 min read


Satisfying Work
Vineyard Update: We skipped our April blog, and it’s apparently clear if you look at the picture posted with our March blog post versus...
Neil & Sue Shay
May 8, 20194 min read


The Weather Outside....
Well.... not exactly ‘frightful’, as the song goes, but after getting home a week ago yesterday from the Newport Seafood and Wine...
Neil & Sue Shay
Mar 4, 20194 min read


2018 Wrap Up
With the official start of winter at hand, we’re realizing that it’s been too long since we posted about the goings on here at Bluebird...
Neil & Sue Shay
Dec 17, 20185 min read
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