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Things to See & Do
Bell’s Up Winery
27895 NE Bell Road (by appointment) • bellsupwinery.com
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One of the stops on Black Tie Tours might be Bell’s Up, a micro-boutique winery with second-to-none Valley views. The husband-and-wife team do everything on their 10-acre vineyard to produce music-themed vintages available for sale on site.
With 30 years and over 11,000 flights of experience, Vista Balloon Adventures has a fleet of six balloons and offers unforgettable, early morning departures from Newberg into the air above the Willamette Valley. They do group and private excursions with 4-10 passengers per trip beginning with watching the 100-foot balloons being inflated…a spectacle in itself. There is a touch down on the Willamette River on the way to landing near St. Paul, and after packing up, a van ride back to Newberg. Check it off your bucket list!
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Hoover-Minthorn House
114 S Center Street • hooverminthorn.org
Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, lived in this 1881-built home with his aunt and uncle, the Minthorns from age 11 to 14, while he attended the Friends Pacific Academy (now George Fox University). The home was dedicated as a museum in 1955 and Hoover himself was present for the dedication. He remains the only President to have lived in Oregon. The house, on the National Register of Historic Places, is open to the public and is an example of late-19th Century construction and furnishings.
Black Tie Tours is a concierge tour operation. Stefan Czarnecki, the owner, arranges tasting room and winery tours or itineraries to the Oregon coast, Evergreen Aviation Museum, Silver Falls State Park, or wherever your party wants to go. Stefan’s specialty besides all things Yamhill County, is wild mushroom hunting, and he leads truffle and mushroom excursions in season. His father Jack is the author of four cookbooks featuring wild mushroom recipes, so this is a unique opportunity to tour with an expert.
