Our Story:

A desire to keep the family farm...

In 2005, we decided that the family farm needed to stay the family farm and not be developed into a subdivision. As for farming, we wanted to grow something we loved. We love wine and wine grapes. So like the madman cited by Dali, we planted a vineyard.

In 2006, Scott and his father, Tom planted several acres of grapes with plans to become commercial wine grape growers. However with a change in Tennessee's law, it became apparent that eventually the farm needed to develop into a farm winery. With lots of work from their three sons and family, Scott and Rebecca began to build the infrastructure needed to start a small farm winery.

And In 2015, on Easter Saturday, Scott, Rebecca and their family opened Cellar 53 Winery to the public. A majority of the wines produced use Tennessee grown fruit. The winery currently has five acres of vineyards with more acreages being replanted with blackberries, blueberries, pears and new grape varieties.