It’s Thanksgiving Week. Which makes it doubly appropriate that we have again been featured by food, family and fun...
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We were incredibly touched to read the feature story by Viki Eierdam about our winery and vineyard in the...
Although it’s long since sold out, we were thrilled that wine reviewer and blogger Chelsey Nelson, also known as...
The dynamic duo of Nathan and Courtney Marton, Southern Californian oeno-academics and prolific wine reviewers under their Instagram Winery...
If you like cherries, have we got a Rosé for you: 2017 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir. Wine...
Although it’s not ready for commercial sale, we were delighted that wine writer Tamara Belgard featured our planting of...
Our 91-point streak continues! Dr. Owen Bargreen, Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers and executive editor...
One of our favorite wine connoisseurs, Wine Julia, invited winemaker Dave down to Eugene to pour wines in her...
We never know who’s going to recommend or feature us in various media outlets, so we were delighted to...
We started talking about doing a winemaker dinner with pairings from wood-fired food masters Ember and Vine (also known...
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.