Memphis, Tennessee-based wine writer and reviewer Frederic Koeppel, who curates the Bigger Than Your Head website (“Eating & Drinking:...
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Bells Up Named Among “23 Best Things To Do In Newberg, Oregon”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, About Us, Boutique Winery, Dave Specter, feature story, Our Story, Sara Specter, Vacation Idea Magazine, 0When we first visited Newberg back in 2008, our primary goal was to taste some world-class Pinot Noir. What...
Winemaker Dave Specter Featured in “Honey How Was Your Day?” Podcast
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Honey How Was Your Day? Podcast, Our Story, Podcast, 0Last summer Dave hosted Honi Olmedo and Kat Chen (pictured at right) and their guests separately on two different...
2020 Prelude Estate Rosé is “Just as Complex as it is Refreshing,” says Winery Reflections
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Prelude, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0It’s always an absolute delight to hear what Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections have to say about...
Taste Newberg Features Bells Up Wine Tasting Experience in New Video
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Our Story, Pinot Noir, Prelude Rosé, Taste Newberg, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winemaker, 0Taste Newberg — the official online travel resource and Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Newberg, Oregon — recently featured...
Ellen Landis Calls Latest Releases of Prelude, Titan and Firebird “Shimmering Gems”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Winery, Ellen Landis, Ellen On Wine, Firebird, Firebird Syrah, Great Northwest Wine, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rosé of Pinot Noir, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Ellen Landis — certified sommelier, wine writer, and international wine judge — recently reviewed three of our newest releases...
Owen Bargreen Praises 2020 Prelude Rosé, 2020 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Dr. Owen Bargreen, owenbargreen.com, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Dr. Owen Bargreen — Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers — has graciously reviewed our wines...
2018 Bells Up Pinots Praised for “Elegance and Soft Texture” by Reviewer Owen Bargreen
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Candide, 2018 Candide Nemarniki Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, 2018 Titan, 2018 Titan Pinot Noir, 2018 Villanelle, 2018 Villanelle Tonnelier Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, Candide, Dr. Owen Bargreen, owenbargreen.com, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Villanelle, Villanelle Pinot Noir, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Our three 2018 Pinot Noirs — Titan, Candide, and Villanelle — have been reviewed by Dr. Owen Bargreen, wine...
Winery Reflections Calls 2018 Candide “Spellbinding and Impressively Authentic”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Candide, 2018 Candide Nemarniki Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, Candide, Candide Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Nemarniki Vineyard, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0Wine writers, reviewers, spouses and oeno-academics Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections (who visited us back in 2019)...
Sips-N-Tips Recommends Bells Up’s Rhapsody, Helios and Prelude as “3 Unique Oregon Wines You Must Try”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Winery, Caitlin Hodges, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Pinot Blanc, Prelude, Prelude Rosé, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Rosé of Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Sips N Tips, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Wine and travel writer Caitlin Hodges, who authors and curates the Sips N Tips website, reviewed our 2019 Rhapsody...
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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).