Just in time for the Holiday Shopping Season, publisher and podcaster Lisa Smith welcomed Winemaker Dave back for a...
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The Written Palette’s Cori Solomon — a Los Angeles-based wine writer who visited us a few years ago —...
Southern California wine reviewers, Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections, have shared their thoughts on our current 2023...
Although we are sadly sold out of it, we were honored that Tamara Belgard Turner included our Joy Estate...
During our virtual tasting with the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), we reconnected with Andy Harris....
Having written for Wine Enthusiast for over a decade, Virginie Boone is currently a Senior Contributing Editor to The...
Local TV station KOIN invited Winemaker Dave to join co-hosts and anchors Emily Buriss and Travis Teich for the...
Husband-and-wife writers John and Linda Compisi cover food, drink, and travel on their blog, Bites, Flights and Sights. Passionate...
Overwhelmed by the sheer number of wineries in the Willamette Valley? Not familiar with Oregon wines? Looking for a...
As part of Winemaker Dave’s approach to making white wines, he’s all-in on using bâtonnage as a technique for...
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.