Wine writer and blogger Cori Solomon of The Written Palette (pictured above with Winemaker Dave in our Seyval Blanc...
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We were extremely fortunate to host a small group of highly regarded wine and travel writers here last August,...
Caitlin Hodges, the wine writer who pens the Sips N Tips blog, visited us in May as part of...
Southern California-based husband and wife oeno-academics and wine writers Nathan and Courtney Marton, who review wines under the Winery...
Washington Wine Blog’s Dr. Owen Bargreen—Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers—recently posted his comprehensive 2019 Pacific...
Wine writer Caitlin Hodges, who writes the Sips N Tips blog, is passionate about travel, cooking and fine wine....
Wine reviewer and blogger Chelsey Nelson, also known as “Wino On A Budget,” recently enjoyed our 2018 Prelude Estate Rosé...
Dr. Owen Bargreen of Washington Wine Blog and International Wine Report was among the first to receive a sample...
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.