After Brock’s crew felled the trees, Jerry and Casey came out to wrangle the logs and burn the pieces that weren’t usable by either the mill or as firewood. Fortunately it was too chilly to have the windows open in the house, otherwise we would have been smoked out! Because the fire was so big, it was too hot to go down and roast marshmallows (we even have a recommended pairing for that… chocolate!). Bummer!
Burn, baby, burn!
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It’s almost planting time.
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Friday was a super-busy day in the (future) vineyard. Gordon Cook, our vineyard manager, has been working on measuring,...
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Remembering Those We’ve Lost, Part 2.
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At this point, most people know we’ve tagged Block 1, Row 1 of the Bells Up Estate Vineyard with...
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Remembering Kelly.
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Six years ago today, June 30, Sara’s dear friend and mentor lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was...
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Oregon Wine Press Picks Bells Up as One of the “Best Places to Kiss in Wine Country”
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Thanks to the lovely and delightful Jade Helm of Tasting Pour and writer for the Oregon Wine Press for...
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Egads! There’s grapevines in them-thar fields!
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Okay, so way behind on posts. Blame the CMO. She’s a slacker! On April 13 our crew of vineyard...
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It’s heavy equipment season at the Vineyard.
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Tomorrow, July 8, is the Chief Marketing Officer’s milestone 40th birthday. To celebrate, she acquired a cherry red, midlife...
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Bells Up Estate Vineyard Report 2017
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As it stands, we’re looking at harvesting fruit from the Bells Up Estate Vineyard’s 4-year-old Pinot Noir grapevines within...
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At long last, our first Estate Wine—2017 Prelude Rosé of Pinot Noir—is in the bottle!
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To say we’re excited would be the understatement of the year. After five long years—first clearing the property in...
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The Bells Up Winery Story…
“If you’re this successful in a career that makes you sick, stressed and miserable… how much more successful would you be doing something you love?”
That’s the question Sara asked Dave 15 years ago, following his mental and physical breakdown from more than a decade as a successful corporate tax attorney. This, while watching Sara’s professional mentor battle pancreatic cancer at age 40.
The answer, for us, was that life is too short to spend unhappy. So we turned the basement hobby that brought Dave joy — winemaking — into Bells Up Winery.
Today — micro-boutique, un-domaine and always open by appointment — Bells Up composes 600 cases annually of handcrafted, classically-styled Oregon Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Rosé, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Seyval Blanc (the Willamette Valley’s first and only planting).