The secret is out. In 2020, we made a Cabernet Sauvignon. It was Dave’s first time touching that grape...
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It’s been well established that we’re BIG FANS of BACON around here. Sara threw Dave a surprise BACON Dinner...
One of our favorite wine writers, Caitlin Hodges, who authors and curates the Sips N Tips website has done...
We are excited to be one of the featured wineries at the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers Association’s (CMWA) second installment...
Wine writers, reviewers and media producers Robin and Michael Renken of Crushed Grape Chronicles BLEW. OUR. MINDS. by featuring...
Everything is transient and fleeting in the wine world. Vines unfurl their leaves, bloom, produce grapes, then sleep for...
We are excited to share the 2020 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc with you, and even more excited to share this...
We are super excited to FINALLY share our very first pinot noir made entirely of estate fruit! Meet Jupiter,...
May is officially Oregon Wine Month, and Memorial Day Weekend is unofficially the start of summer. To celebrate both,...
Join Winemaker Dave and Money Honey Sara as we chat with some of our favorite wine people, near and...
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.