Prolific wine reviewer, writer, and videographer James Melendez — also known as James The Wine Guy — has produced...
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In our previous post, we shared how Melissa and Jeff Lawson—married wine reviewers who curate the Drink the Bottles...
The Willamette Valley is increasingly becoming known for its truffles as much as for its Pinot Noir. The region...
The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) offers programs and resources for professionals writing in the field,...
Wine writer and blogger Penny Sadler has been writing about wine and travel for over a decade. She’s chronicled...
A pair of travel writers for The Boston Globe, Diane Bair and Pamela Wright, recently featured our region in...
The latest Bells Up wine to be reviewed by Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton is the...
During harvest, award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith paid us a return visit. She previously covered us for...
James Melendez — who produces both written and filmed wine reviews on his site and social media outlets as...
Kathleen Willcox, a wine writer and reviewer who contributes to Wine Searcher, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Industry Network Advisor, and...
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).