Winemaker Dave was back on Big Blend Radio recently, joining host Lisa Smith for a return conversation that started...
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Bells Up was recently featured in TravelWorld International Magazine’s Winter 2025 issue, in a piece by travel writer Janice...
This morning we got an email from Brian Smith of Wendelin Vines in Kansas. That’s not unusual. Brian occasionally...
There’s something especially meaningful about reconnecting with someone who has followed your journey from the early days. In January,...
Even in a year filled with remarkable travel and tasting experiences, it meant a great deal to see Bells...
Spring always feels like a reset in the vineyard—and this year, it came with a really fun conversation on...
Portland-based travel writer Margot Bigg has included us in yet another travel guide. We’re honored and thrilled to have...
Back on August 1 we were the ONLY winery featured in KGW-TV News’ “What to do with Chynna &...
Just in time for the Holiday Shopping Season, publisher and podcaster Lisa Smith welcomed Winemaker Dave back for a...
Travel writer Margot Bigg, who’s based in Portland, has featured us again! This time, she included a quote from...
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.