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At this point, most people know we’ve tagged Block 1, Row 1 of the Bells Up Estate Vineyard with...
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, it seems fitting to share the very small way we have chosen to...
We’re still in heavy equipment mode over here. While the “big orange thingie” (a.k.a. the excavator) and its operator,...
After Brock’s crew felled the trees, Jerry and Casey came out to wrangle the logs and burn the pieces...
Our neighbors down the mountain from us have been having some trees removed from the western border of their...
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.