Honestly, this might be the BEST compliment we’ve ever had on one of our wines: “Mama like. A lot.”...
Archive for category: Feature Stories & Reviews
International fine wine writer, critic, judge and curator L.M. Archer has published her notes on three of Bells Up’s...
It’s safe to say that if you’re looking to submerge yourself in testosterone, you won’t want to miss this...
It was a blast to sit down with Allison Levine earlier in this crazy pandemic year — back in...
WOW! We were absolutely tickled to discover that the lovely Marlynn Schotland — travel, food, and wine blogger —...
A few weeks ago, Winemaker Dave was the featured guest on the Men Who Blog and Pub Club Virtual...
Winery Reflections’ Nathan and Courtney Marton (who visited us last year), have posted a review of the 2019 Rhapsody...
Napa-resident, wine connoisseur, travel writer and tastemaker Kelly Mitchell—a.k.a. The Wine Siren and wine, food and lifestyle writer for The Huffington Post—recently...
Nathan and Courtney Marton, the husband-and-wife duo of super tasters who review wines as Winery Reflections, recently posted their...
We got props in FORBES! Squeeee! Dave and I are super excited to share that wine writer and reviewer...
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.