We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
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Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Over the summer we were visited by Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation...
Award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith, who hails from the Napa/Sonoma region, recently paid us a visit as...
The Select Registry network of distinguished inns of North America features member properties that offer outstanding accommodations and one-of-a-kind...
Several years ago we first invited acclaimed wine writer L.M. Archer to sample our wines in person, which she...
Although we might have been called “crazy” by the (very old) guard of the Willamette Valley for planting a...
Last summer Dave hosted Honi Olmedo and Kat Chen (pictured at right) and their guests separately on two different...
Taste Newberg — the official online travel resource and Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Newberg, Oregon — recently featured...
We are super excited to FINALLY share our very first pinot noir made entirely of estate fruit! Meet Jupiter,...
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 15 years 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, Pinot Blanc, Rosé, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Seyval Blanc (the Willamette Valley’s first and only planting).