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We just discovered that wine writer Margot Sinclair Savell and her husband Dave Savell included 2020 Helios Seyval Blanc...
It’s that time of the year when wine writers release their picks for the best wines of the year,...
Margot Sinclair Savell and her husband Dave Savell came down from the Seattle area to join us for a...
Travel and tourism site Visit Oregon recently published its list of “The Best Wineries in Oregon,” and — as...
Award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith, who hails from the Napa/Sonoma region, recently paid us a visit as...
As we shared a couple of weeks ago, we were honored to be sought out by wine writer and...
The Select Registry network of distinguished inns of North America features member properties that offer outstanding accommodations and one-of-a-kind...
Although we might have been called “crazy” by the (very old) guard of the Willamette Valley for planting a...
Earlier this spring we were fortunate to have been paid a three-hour visit by local wine writer and developer...
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.