Memphis, Tennessee-based wine writer and reviewer Frederic Koeppel, who curates the Bigger Than Your Head website (“Eating & Drinking:...
Archive for category: Reviews
It’s always an absolute delight to hear what Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections have to say about...
Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge — recently reviewed three of our newest releases...
Dr. Owen Bargreen — Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers — has graciously reviewed our wines...
Our three 2018 Pinot Noirs — Titan, Candide, and Villanelle — have been reviewed by Dr. Owen Bargreen, wine...
Wine writers, reviewers, spouses and oeno-academics Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections (who visited us back in 2019)...
Wine and travel writer Caitlin Hodges, who authors and curates the Sips N Tips website, reviewed our 2019 Rhapsody...
Honestly, this might be the BEST compliment we’ve ever had on one of our wines: “Mama like. A lot.”...
International fine wine writer, critic, judge and curator L.M. Archer has published her notes on three of Bells Up’s...
WOW! We were absolutely tickled to discover that the lovely Marlynn Schotland — travel, food, and wine blogger —...
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.