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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Bells Up’s Seyval Blanc Planting Featured in June 2018 Issue of Oregon Wine Press
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Although it’s not ready for commercial sale, we were delighted that wine writer Tamara Belgard featured our planting of...
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Our First Estate Pinot Noir Harvest – Sunday, September 24, 2017
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Sunrise over the Bells Up Estate vineyard (pictured above) on Sunday, September 24, 2017 marked the first-ever harvest of...
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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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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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Introducing Helios: Bells Up’s Historic, First-Ever Willamette Valley Seyval Blanc
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When we moved to Newberg from Cincinnati, Ohio, and began sketching out our vineyard block planting plans, we knew...
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Did somebody say “Timber”?
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Our neighbors down the mountain from us have been having some trees removed from the western border of their...
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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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Can you dig it?
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We’re still in heavy equipment mode over here. While the “big orange thingie” (a.k.a. the excavator) and its operator,...
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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).