More praise for the next-to-last vintage of Villanelle. The 2018 bottling of Winemaker Dave’s “little black dress” pinot noir...
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WOO HOO! It’s a 90-point score for our 2018 Titan Pinot Noir from none other than Paul Gregutt, Contributing...
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...
Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge — recently reviewed three of our newest releases...
We are super excited to FINALLY share our very first pinot noir made entirely of estate fruit! Meet Jupiter,...
Wine and travel writer Caitlin Hodges, who authors and curates the Sips N Tips website, reviewed our 2019 Rhapsody...
It’s safe to say that if you’re looking to submerge yourself in testosterone, you won’t want to miss this...
It was a blast to sit down with Allison Levine earlier in this crazy pandemic year — back in...
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.