…of good things to come. So this happened today. And our vineyard crew started putting the posts into last...
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Robert the sign artisan got to work setting the posts for the new road sign at the base of...
Erica, Bells Up Winery’s consulting winemaker, came by today to meet with Dave and to do an acid panel...
The awesome bargain used commercial dishwasher was delivered today…1/3 the price of the same model new, and cheaper than...
Tonight’s assignment: Testing our flagship pinot noir Titan in three different Riedel glasses to make our selections for the...
Thanks to a change of law in the Land of Beans, Massachusetts residents can now receive Bells Up wine...
We got swept up in barn renovation projects and then 2014 harvest (a brief recap coming soon), but we’re...
We’re still in heavy equipment mode over here. While the “big orange thingie” (a.k.a. the excavator) and its operator,...
Tomorrow, July 8, is the Chief Marketing Officer’s milestone 40th birthday. To celebrate, she acquired a cherry red, midlife...
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 almost two decades 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, Rosé, Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Schioppettino with grapes sourced exclusively from our estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.