Although we are sadly sold out of it, we were honored that Tamara Belgard Turner included our Joy Estate...
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Husband-and-wife writers John and Linda Compisi cover food, drink, and travel on their blog, Bites, Flights and Sights. Passionate...
Dave Nershi, publisher, writer and reviewer of the Vino-Sphere wine blog recently published his reviews of the 2021 Helios...
Allison and Chris Wallace, travel and wine writers who author the AdVINEtures blog, recently posted a video recap of...
Published by Triangle Around Town, Screw It Wine magazine focuses on wine, beer, food, and travel in both North...
AdVINEture’s Allison and Chris Wallace paid us a visit during their recent trip to the Willamette Valley from their...
Wine writer and reviewer Kathleen Willcox has written about our half-acre of estate Seyval Blanc in what wound up...
Prolific wine reviewer and Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers Dr. Owen Bargreen, who interviewed Winemaker...
Although we might have been called “crazy” by the (very old) guard of the Willamette Valley for planting a...
It was a delight to host Dave Nershi, publisher, writer and reviewer of Vino-Sphere, here last spring. He enjoyed...
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, Pinot Blanc, Rosé, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Seyval Blanc (the Willamette Valley’s first and only planting).