It’s long been sold out, but our 2013 Villanelle Reserve Pinot Noir received a lovely review from oenophile and...
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Check out that COVER BOY—Bells Up’s very own winemaker and owner, Dave Specter. A hat-trick! A three-peat! Good things come...
Wow! The ink is flowing faster than the wine is around here these days. We had a delightful visit...
Many thanks to Tamara Belgard, curator of SatiatePDX, for picking Bells Up as one of five wineries rarely open...
Tickled to find Bells Up Winery featured by none other than The Prince of Pinot, Rusty Gaffney MD, who’s been...
What’s blue and gold and read all over? Our press releases apparently! Thanks so much to Hilary Berg, editor...
First we got #bellsupmoment photos of wines arriving in boxes. Then it was sad faces with empty bottles. Then...
It was a cool surprise to discover we’d been reviewed on YELP—5 stars no less. Hooray! Thank you Troy...
We had a blast hanging out with the Newberg Graphic guys last week! This was the resulting article. We...
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.