As we come down the home stretch of the growing season, we find ourselves in the most stressful time...
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The four new oak barrels we ordered arrived this week! Thanks so much to our dear friends at Alexana Winery for...
This is what passes for big excitement here on the farm. Gordon, our vineyard manager extraordinaire, swung by to...
Our new Macrobins are here! These heavy duty plastic containers are used by vineyard owners and winemakers the world...
We often get asked whether we will be producing our wines on site. The reality is that setting up...
Introducing our Yamhill/Carlton pinot noir grower/supplier – Mike Slater of Tonnelier Vineyard (FYI: “Tonnelier” is French for “cooper,” a barrel...
The last month has been a VERY busy at the Bells Up homestead and we’ve gotten behind in our...
After Brock’s crew felled the trees, Jerry and Casey came out to wrangle the logs and burn the pieces...
Our neighbors down the mountain from us have been having some trees removed from the western border of their...
Lest anyone think that Bluebell is not a working truck, Dave put her through her paces last week. The...
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.