Kelley Fox Wines
Kelley Fox Wines is a small winery created in 2007 by Kelley Fox 2007 along with her father, Gerson "Gus" Stearns. After 33 years living in the Willamette Valley she found herself loving Oregon more every year. The first vintage (2007) started with just over 100 cases. The annual case production is now around 5000 cases, from vineyards including the historic Maresh Vineyard, Hyland Vineyard (1988 Coury Clone Pinot), Freedom Hill Vineyard(barrel-fermented Pinot blanc, Pinot noir, and Chardonnay), Weber Vineyard(1983 and 1988 Pinot), Durant Vineyard (Chardonnay and Pinot gris), Dux Vineyard (Chardonnay), Carter Vineyard (1982 old vine), and Canary Hill Vineyard.
Full time pinot noir winemaker since 2000 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Biology from Texas AM University graduating Magna Cum Laude with dual degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University and was admitted to the PhD program in Biochemistry.
Before completing the doctorate, she changed her path to pursue winemaking learning winemaking not from a classroom or textbooks or from other regions, but directly from Oregon winemakers who had put in some serious time. She was deeply influenced by her dear friend and former employer, the late David Lett of The Eyrie Vineyards. David was the ultimate iconoclast who pioneered the Oregon wine industry in the 1960’s.
Her winemaking experience includes Torii Mor, Hamacher, and Eyrie, and ten years as winemaker at Scott Paul Wines (August 2005 to about mid-April 2015). Since then, she has happily worked for her own winery exclusively.
Full time pinot noir winemaker since 2000 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Biology from Texas AM University graduating Magna Cum Laude with dual degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University and was admitted to the PhD program in Biochemistry.
Before completing the doctorate, she changed her path to pursue winemaking learning winemaking not from a classroom or textbooks or from other regions, but directly from Oregon winemakers who had put in some serious time. She was deeply influenced by her dear friend and former employer, the late David Lett of The Eyrie Vineyards. David was the ultimate iconoclast who pioneered the Oregon wine industry in the 1960’s.
Her winemaking experience includes Torii Mor, Hamacher, and Eyrie, and ten years as winemaker at Scott Paul Wines (August 2005 to about mid-April 2015). Since then, she has happily worked for her own winery exclusively.
