Under the category of “better late than never,” we finally got the scores from the wines reviewed by Samantha...
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As part of Winemaker Dave’s approach to making white wines, he’s all-in on using bâtonnage as a technique for...
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...
The latest Bells Up wine review from Winery Reflections’ Nathan and Courtney Marton (who visited us pre-Covid) features 2021...
Certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge Ellen Landis again agreed to review three of our new releases...
We recently hosted Dave Adams and Sandi Everingham, hosts and producers of the Decanted Podcast which invites listeners to...
James Melendez — who produces both written and filmed wine reviews on his site and social media outlets as...
Paul Gregutt, former full-time Oregon wine reviewer for Wine Enthusiast from 1998 to 2021 (who has reviewed our wines—including...
AdVINEture’s Allison and Chris Wallace paid us a visit during their recent trip to the Willamette Valley from their...
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).