Bells Up Winery — Attraction in Oregon

An experience at a winery can make all the difference as to whether you care or not about the wine. One visit to meet Dave and Sara and Bells Up and you will fall in love. I'm talking full on dopamine flowing and giddiness because these folks tell a great story, and take you on their journey right along with them. So you're rooting for this winery... you're impressed with the fact that they uprooted themselves from their mid-western lives, quitting "real" jobs to take a flyer on a dream and moving to this stunning valley to make it happen. And there it is, manifested in front of you...in their happy faces, in your glass... and you FEEL it. Get me a T-shirt!!! I'm a believer!!! The wines are great...fantastic even...with a selection of wonderful varietals and blends that you'd expect in the Willamette Valley, yet somehow, richer, fuller, more interesting. These wonderful wines are a glorious sum of their parts.... passion, determination, expertise, interest, fun, struggle, determination, hope, joy and love...for the love the wine and the sharing it inspires. Really good stuff. Visit Bells Up!!! For this is what dreams...

I have been waiting to visit Bells Up for years & I finally got to go! Everything was as wonderful as I expected and then some. Dave and Sara are both so kind and knowledgeable, and the wine is some of the best I’ve ever tasted. I’m a horn player so I was particularly excited about the pairing of wine + music, but the experience is universal and would be enjoyed by anybody, musician or not. I cannot recommend a visit to Bells Up enough! I can’t wait to visit again soon and am officially a proud Fanfare member. :)

UPDATE: Bells Up continues to be the best! I brought a bottle of the Jupiter wine to Thanksgiving and everyone was a fan. Even those who don't usually drink reds loved it, and we listed to the Holst movement while sipping. My whole family is now in love with Bells Up--while I wasn't able to join the recent harvest, my mom and sister were, and they had nothing but great things to say about getting to be a part of the winemaking process. My sister was kind enough to send me the t-shirt and I wear it with pride & a hope I get to join in on the...

The Perfect Small Winery Experience My family enjoys wine tasting week ends. But we also prefer the experience of the small winery to the large and more famous ones. At the latter the tasting experience is highly choreographed with a server bringing each round of wine and spilling out a canned spiel about each. At the small wineries we get to meet and talk with the winemaker himself or herself. And the wines are equally good. Bells Up provides an excellent experience. David and Sara are friendly hosts and love conversing casually about wines, winemaking, and the Willamette Valley. They build their customer base (as well as a loyal local volunteer support group) by building friendships. We live in Wisconsin but get out to Oregon at least once a year to see our daughter and son in law. We include a week end in the Willamette Valley and a stop at Bells Up each time. We enjoy trying out the new wines and leave with a few. My daughter and her husband are case...