It was a true highlight of our summer to be visited by wine writer and reviewer Jeff Kralik, aka...
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Wine Reviewer The Drunken Cyclist Calls Bells Up’s Wines “Some of the Best in the Willamette Valley”
Earlier this year we shared a bottle of our 2020 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir with prolific wine...
Wine reviewer Michael Chelus, who publishes the Nittany Epicurean blog, has been tasting wine and documenting his thoughts prolifically since...
For the first time ever we sent off a bottle of our “Brosé” (2020 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot...
Dr. Owen Bargreen — prolific wine reviewer and Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers — has...
James Melendez of James The Wine Guy reviews wines on his YouTube channel, awarding scores based on a 100-point...
Earlier this spring we were fortunate to have been paid a three-hour visit by local wine writer and developer...
Memphis, Tennessee-based wine writer and reviewer Frederic Koeppel, who curates the Bigger Than Your Head website (“Eating & Drinking:...
It’s always an absolute delight to hear what Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections have to say about...
Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge — recently reviewed three of our newest releases...
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.