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On Monday, June 20, we had a blast hosting an exclusive Fanfare Club wine tasting event in Cincinnati. We...
It’s not everyday that Bells Up’s wines get TV time, but that’s exactly what happened this week when the 2013...
Women of Willamette (WOW), the region’s professional and personal networking group for women, featured Bells Up Winery’s Chief Marketing...
Over Mother’s Day Weekend a few weeks ago we hosted MyWineTribe.com‘s Stephanie Byington and her charming mom as they...
A couple of Saturdays ago, while #gogocmo Sara was pouring Bells Up wines at Yamhills Gallery, #winemaker Dave had...
Wine, lifestyle and travel blogger Tamara Belgard—who publishes prolifically on her new site Satiate, and detailed her adventures in...
First we got #bellsupmoment photos of wines arriving in boxes. Then it was sad faces with empty bottles. Then...
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 15 years 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 from our estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.