Bells Up Winery has been spotlighted in a major way across Big Blend Radio’s growing travel and lifestyle network—earning...
Archive for category: Feature Stories & Reviews
There’s something especially meaningful about reconnecting with someone who has followed your journey from the early days. In January,...
As we raise our glasses to the start of a wonderful new wine year, we’re thrilled to share some...
One of the things our guests repeatedly tell us they love most about listening to Dave talk about wine...
Even in a year filled with remarkable travel and tasting experiences, it meant a great deal to see Bells...
Most wine industry insiders and owners bring wine when they visit other wineries. At Bells Up, we bring pie....
At Bells Up Winery, we believe every bottle has a story. For wine writer and storyteller Cori Solomon, that’s...
Money Honey Sara graduated from Centre College — a teensy, private, liberal arts school in the middle of Kentucky...
Powerhouse wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections recently posted a review of our 2021 New World...
Over the past few years, James Melendez (aka James The Wine Guy) has reviewed many of our wines, following...
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.