George Moore is an entrepreneur with a talent for connecting with people and sourcing premium grapes. Moore and his...
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Honest to goodness, the hardest working wine, food, travel, and lifestyle blogger and writer Marlynn Schotland — the force...
Husband-and-wife writers John and Linda Compisi cover food, drink, and travel on their blog, Bites, Flights and Sights. Passionate...
Wine and travel writer Pam Baker—who visited us last August with her husband Gary on assignment for WineTraveler.com—recently filed...
This past August we had a delightful time hosting wife-and-husband wine and travel writers Pam and Gary Baker. The...
Regional writer Aliya Hall filed a report for the travel and tourism website, Hippie In Heels, to help readers...
Based in Portland, wine experts and reviewers Michele Francisco and Matt Talbot produce Winerabble, an online resource covering all...
Online publication Wine Industry Network Advisor is the go-to resource for the wine business, covering a variety of industry...
Marissa Ooyevaar, who creates travel, wine, and lifestyle content across multiple channels as A Blonde Vintage, is a Willamette...
In the Willamette Valley this spring, April 14-15 (just in time for taxes!), our region got hit by an...
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).