In the Willamette Valley this spring, April 14-15 (just in time for taxes!), our region got hit by an...
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Wine Bulletin’s Joe Campbell recently interviewed three representatives of three different Willamette Valley American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), including ours...
We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
Austin Beeman, wine writer, podcaster, videographer and VP of Marketing for Cutting Edge Selections — the Cincinnati area’s premier...
It’s Thanksgiving Week. Which makes it doubly appropriate that we have again been featured by food, family and fun...
We were incredibly touched to read the feature story by Viki Eierdam about our winery and vineyard in the...
Although it’s not ready for commercial sale, we were delighted that wine writer Tamara Belgard featured our planting of...
Six years ago today, June 30, Sara’s dear friend and mentor lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was...
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, it seems fitting to share the very small way we have chosen to...
We’re still in heavy equipment mode over here. While the “big orange thingie” (a.k.a. the excavator) and its operator,...
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.