The Written Palette’s Cori Solomon — a Los Angeles-based wine writer who visited us a few years ago —...
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During our virtual tasting with the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), we reconnected with Andy Harris....
Fodor’s Travel, publishers of both printed books and online travel guides, recently released their 2023 Oregon guidebook. Writer Margot...
Winemaker and podcaster Anthony Metzger produces video interviews of winemakers from around the world on his YouTube Channel, The...
Local wine writer, A.J. Weinzettel, produces the Weinnotes website and video podcast series. He paid us a visit a...
Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Over the summer we were visited by Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation...
Several years ago we first invited acclaimed wine writer L.M. Archer to sample our wines in person, which she...
Earlier this spring we were fortunate to have been paid a three-hour visit by local wine writer and developer...
When we first visited Newberg back in 2008, our primary goal was to taste some world-class Pinot Noir. What...
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, Rosé, Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Schioppettino with grapes sourced from our estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.