This past week we had beautiful weather, so it was time to do some property clean-up. Gordon and Tim were super helpful in finding all sorts of buried treasure on our acreage. The winning piece was definitely the mortar mixer. A close second was the truck bed and its two axles. Of course, we also found the requisite 55-gallon drums. We also are now the proud owners of a dozen old tires that are our responsibility for disposal.
Buried Treasure
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Drink In Life Includes Bells Up In Coverage of 2022 Late Spring Frost
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In the Willamette Valley this spring, April 14-15 (just in time for taxes!), our region got hit by an...
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The Barn Gets Ready for a Face Lift…
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The first three months of the year flew by, in part due to all the permitting work we’re continuing...
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Pair Prelude Rosé with Grilled Ahi Nicoise Salad Recipe from Sips N Tips
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One of our favorite wine writers, Caitlin Hodges, who authors and curates the Sips N Tips website has done...
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Bells Up is on the map… the official Willamette Valley Vineyard map.
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Although we’ve been around since 2013, we’ve finally been included in the official and newly-released Willamette Valley Vineyard map, whose...
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We’re the newest member of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association…
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We had a great time seeing old friends and making new ones at yesterday’s annual meeting of the Willamette...
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Bells Up winemaker’s mentor Henke Winery named one of Top 10 Urban Wineries in the U.S.
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In Wine Enthusiast‘s February 29, 2016 issue, the magazine revealed its list of America’s Top Urban Wineries. And, lo...
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This holiday season instead of showing you our brass, we thought we’d show you our buns.
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It wouldn’t be a seasonal greeting from the Specters if there wasn’t a bad pun or two. So some things...
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A Fond Farewell to Mike and Julie Slater and Tonnelier Vineyard
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Everything is transient and fleeting in the wine world. Vines unfurl their leaves, bloom, produce grapes, then sleep for...
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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).