We were incredibly touched to read the feature story by Viki Eierdam about our winery and vineyard in the...
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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...
At this point, most people know we’ve tagged Block 1, Row 1 of the Bells Up Estate Vineyard with...
A personal post from Sara On October 6, 2001—on a Devou Park hilltop in Covington, Kentucky overlooking Cincinnati, Ohio—Dave...
A personal entry from Sara… This post is for everyone who’s ever wondered—privately or out loud—why on earth in...
Six years ago today, June 30, Sara’s dear friend and mentor lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was...
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, it seems fitting to share the very small way we have chosen to...
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).