In the Willamette Valley this spring, April 14-15 (just in time for taxes!), our region got hit by an...
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We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
When we moved to Newberg from Cincinnati, Ohio, and began sketching out our vineyard block planting plans, we knew...
We were incredibly touched to read the feature story by Viki Eierdam about our winery and vineyard in the...
Although it’s not ready for commercial sale, we were delighted that wine writer Tamara Belgard featured our planting of...
To say we’re excited would be the understatement of the year. After five long years—first clearing the property in...
Thanks to the lovely and delightful Jade Helm of Tasting Pour and writer for the Oregon Wine Press for...
At this point, most people know we’ve tagged Block 1, Row 1 of the Bells Up Estate Vineyard with...
Sunrise over the Bells Up Estate vineyard (pictured above) on Sunday, September 24, 2017 marked the first-ever harvest of...
There wasn’t a lot of fruit, but three years after planting, we felt we had enough of the Willamette...
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).