We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
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Margot Sinclair Savell and her husband Dave Savell came down from the Seattle area to join us for a...
When Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation magazine, visited us over the summer,...
Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Travel and tourism site Visit Oregon recently published its list of “The Best Wineries in Oregon,” and — as...
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...
The 2018 vintage of our leanest, spiciest Pinot Noir — Candide Nemarniki Vineyard Reserve — just received a 90-point...
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.