We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
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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...
Earlier this spring we were fortunate to have been paid a three-hour visit by local wine writer and developer...
When we first visited Newberg back in 2008, our primary goal was to taste some world-class Pinot Noir. What...
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...
As an offshoot of the attention we’ve been blessed to receive from Tony Kornheiser (pictured below), sportswriter for The...
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.