We had the opportunity to share our wines and tasting experience with Andy Harris (pictured above with Winemaker Dave),...
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Kristine Thomas, contributor to the Capital Press — a weekly newspaper covers farming, ranching and agriculture industries in the...
Winemaker Dave was recently interviewed by Kristine Thomas for the Capital Press, a weekly newspaper covers farming, ranching and...
Wine writer Melanie Ofenloch, who files blog posts under her Dallas Wine Chick Blog, recently visited us along with...
Sam Slaughter (pictured above with winemaker Dave), food and drink editor for The Manual — an e-magazine targeted to...
We were recently reminded that we participated in an interview for the Oregon Wine History Archive, conducted by Stephanie...
Ray Fister, creator and producer of Life Between The Vines — a podcast and video series designed to educate...
Austin Beeman, wine writer, podcaster, videographer and VP of Marketing for Cutting Edge Selections — the Cincinnati area’s premier...
It’s August, and that means it’s about time for Winemaker Dave and Consulting Winemaker Erica to work on putting...
All credit to Nancy Zaffaro, a Portland-based travel, food, beverage, arts and lifestyle writer for taking the only photo...
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.