George Moore is an entrepreneur with a talent for connecting with people and sourcing premium grapes. Moore and his...
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The Willamette Valley is increasingly becoming known for its truffles as much as for its Pinot Noir. The region...
Under the category of “better late than never,” we finally got the scores from the wines reviewed by Samantha...
Winemaker and podcaster Anthony Metzger produces video interviews of winemakers from around the world on his YouTube Channel, The...
VinePair, one of the largest digital media companies delivering accessible, entertaining, and inspiring content about drinks culture and important...
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...
Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Taste Newberg — the official online travel resource and Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Newberg, Oregon — recently featured...
Wine Searcher recently published an article by wine writer Kathleen Willcox, exploring the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had...
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).