Okay, so way behind on posts. Blame the CMO. She’s a slacker! On April 13 our crew of vineyard...
Archive for category: Bells Up News
It is often said that timing is everything, and a very fortunate bit of timing allowed one of Dave’s...
Friday was a super-busy day in the (future) vineyard. Gordon Cook, our vineyard manager, has been working on measuring,...
The first three months of the year flew by, in part due to all the permitting work we’re continuing...
We’re behind on posts, but not on activity! Along with barrel tastings, completing and submitting multiple applications to no...
Well, our inaugural harvest is finally over! All of the 2013 wines have completed their primary fermentation (meaning the...
Once all the pinot noir grapes had arrived at ADEA Wine Company, our processing facility, they joined the syrah...
In our last post, we had harvested pinot noir and loaded it into the back of Dave’s truck Bluebell....
Well, it took 5 years and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get here but our first...
In our previous post, we showed you how we collect cluster samples from our two growers’ vineyards. Now, we...
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.