During our virtual tasting with the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), we reconnected with Andy Harris....
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Urban Bliss Life Calls Bells Up “A Must Stop” in the Willamette Valley
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Firebird Syrah, IFWTWA, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Marlynn Schotland, New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Sara Specter, Titan Pinot Noir, Travel Writer, Urban Bliss Life, Virtual Tasting, Virtual Wine Tasting, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Honest to goodness, the hardest working wine, food, travel, and lifestyle blogger and writer Marlynn Schotland — the force...
The New Wine Review Highlights Bells Up’s Helios Amid “Spectacular” Oregon Whites
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Winery, Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc Brut, Seyval Blanc, The New Wine Review, Virginie Boone, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Having written for Wine Enthusiast for over a decade, Virginie Boone is currently a Senior Contributing Editor to The...
Bells Up’s Dave Specter Featured on KOIN Wine Wednesday Morning Show
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Name, Bells Up Story, Dave Specter, David Specter, Emily Buriss, feature story, Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, Helios Seyval Blanc, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc, KOIN, KOIN News AM Extra, Seyval Blanc, Travis Teich, Wine Wednesday, 0Local TV station KOIN invited Winemaker Dave to join co-hosts and anchors Emily Buriss and Travis Teich for the...
Bells Up Included in “Best of the Valley” Issue of Willamette Living Magazine
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Best of the Valley 2023, Elaine Rea, feature story, Travel Writer, Willamette Living, Wine Writer, 0Willamette Living magazine’s Best of the Valley 2023 issue included a multi-page spread featuring Newberg. Written by Elaine Rea,...
Play Stay Eat Calls Bells Up “Charming” and “Friendly”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, 2022 Prelude, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Firebird Syrah, Play Stay Eat, PlayStayEat.com, Prelude Estate Rosé, Sara Specter, Scott Kendall, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Wine Writers, 0Freelance travel writer, photographer, and videographer Scott Kendall hangs his hat in The Woodlands, Texas — when he’s not...
Bites, Flights and Sights Files Two Features on Bells Up
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Estate Pinot Noir, Estate Seyval Blanc, Helios Seyval Blanc, John Compisi, Linda Compisi, Pinot Noir, Sara Specter, Seyval Blanc, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviewers, Wine Reviews, 0Husband-and-wife writers John and Linda Compisi cover food, drink, and travel on their blog, Bites, Flights and Sights. Passionate...
Jeff Kralik, aka The Drunken Cyclist, Named 2019 Jupiter Pinot Noir “Red Wine of the Year”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2019 Jupiter, 2019 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Jupiter, Outstanding! Wine Review, Pinot Noir, The Drunken Cyclist, Top Ten Red Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Bloggerrs, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, Wine Writers, 0Sometimes praise and props slip by us. And it is SO EMBARRASSING when that happens. We even use Google...
Jancis Robinson Scores for Bells Up Wines Released
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Helios, Bells Up Estate, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Candide, Dave Specter, David Specter, Firebird, Jancis Robinson, New World, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Rose, Rosé of Pinot Noir, Samantha Cole-Johnson, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0Under the category of “better late than never,” we finally got the scores from the wines reviewed by Samantha...
Winecountry.com Lists Bells Up Among 9 Willamette Valley Wineries for Oregon Wine Newbies
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Adventures of a Carry-On, Bells Up Winery, Feature Article, feature story, French Horn, Helios Seyval Blanc, Penny Sadler, Seyval Blanc, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer, Winecountry.com, 0Overwhelmed by the sheer number of wineries in the Willamette Valley? Not familiar with Oregon wines? Looking for a...
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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).