Portland-based travel writer Margot Bigg has included us in yet another travel guide. We’re honored and thrilled to have...
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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...
A couple of months ago, publisher and podcaster Lisa Smith invited Winemaker Dave for an interview on her Big...
Like most wineries, we started offering virtual tasting appointments during Covid. But we’ve continued to do them for media...
Although we are sadly sold out of it, we were honored that Tamara Belgard Turner included our Joy Estate...
George Moore is an entrepreneur with a talent for connecting with people and sourcing premium grapes. Moore and his...
Great Northwest Wine’s team of reviewers — led by President and CEO Eric Degerman — recently sampled and posted...
The Willamette Valley is increasingly becoming known for its truffles as much as for its Pinot Noir. The region...
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.