Kathleen Willcox, a wine writer and reviewer who contributes to Wine Searcher, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Industry Network Advisor, and...
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Prolific wine reviewer and Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers Dr. Owen Bargreen, who interviewed Winemaker...
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...
International fine wine writer, critic, judge and curator L.M. Archer has published her notes on three of Bells Up’s...
When Winery Reflections’ Nathan and Courtney Marton visited us last year, they were particularly eager to try our estate...
We were gratified to finally meet the incomparable Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge...
We were extremely fortunate to host a small group of highly regarded wine and travel writers here last August,...
Photographer and wine writer Elaine Luxton, who authors the Drink In Life blog and publishes her photography under her...
The Willamette Valley’s first-ever Seyval Blanc, 2018 Helios Estate (grown from the first-ever planting in the Willamette Valley—in our...
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).