As part of Winemaker Dave’s approach to making white wines, he’s all-in on using bâtonnage as a technique for...
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Dr. Owen Bargreen — prolific wine reviewer and Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers — interviewed...
Wine Bulletin’s Joe Campbell recently interviewed three representatives of three different Willamette Valley American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), including ours...
As an offshoot of the attention we’ve been blessed to receive from Tony Kornheiser (pictured below), sportswriter for The...
Industry veterans and Northwest wine reviewers Michele Francisco and Matt Talbot produce Winerabble, an online resource covering all things...
We were gratified to finally meet the incomparable Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge...
We were recently reminded that we participated in an interview for the Oregon Wine History Archive, conducted by Stephanie...
Back at the beginning of April, Ray Fister — creator and producer of the Life Between The Vines podcast...
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).