Wine blogger Josh Peterson of The Vine Less Traveled dropped in for a visit and wine tasting a few...
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We were tickled to be quoted in an article on the Woodinville Wine Country website by Brittney Perreault (pictured above; photo...
The accolades from Great Northwest Wine for Bells Up’s 2014 Titan Willamette Valley Pinot Noir keep coming. In addition...
A personal post from Sara On October 6, 2001—on a Devou Park hilltop in Covington, Kentucky overlooking Cincinnati, Ohio—Dave...
Would YOU describe Bells Up’s 2014 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc as evoking “God Save the Queen” by the Sex Pistols? How about...
The fearless foursome of Fanfare Club members and friends Katie, Dave, Connie and Kim—also known as the Bells Up...
When Bells Up winemaker Dave and CMO Sara lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dave learned the ropes of professional winemaking...
We were surprised and tickled to discover we have four reviews on Google+ a couple of weeks ago, in...
Talk about a pick-me-up. We are super excited to be the newest winery added to the list of Featured...
In addition to the four 5-star reviews we’ve received on Yelp.com, we’ve just discovered we’ve been reviewed on TripAdvisor.com...
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.