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James The Wine Guy Puts TWO Bells Up Pinots On His Top 100 Wines Of 2021 List
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Titan, 2018 Titan Pinot Noir, 2018 Villanelle, 2018 Villanelle Tonnelier Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, 2019 Titan, 2019 Titan Pinot Noir, 2019 Villanelle, 2019 Villanelle Tonnelier Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, James Melendez, James The Wine Guy, Titan Pinot Noir, Top 100 Wines, Villanelle Pinot Noir, Villanelle Reserve Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Prolific wine reviewer, writer and videographer James Melendez of James The Wine Guy, recently released his 11th annual list of...
Latest Sips N Tips Recipe Pairs Rhapsody Pinot Blanc with Fall-Inspired Creamy Leek Tartine
, Bells Up News, Feature Stories & Reviews, Recipe, Reviews, Caitlin Hodges, Pinot Blanc, Recipe, Review, Reviews, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Sips N Tips, Wine Blogger, Wine Pairing, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0One of our favorite wine and travel writers, Caitlin Hodges, was again inspired to create a new recipe to...
Wine Writer Margot Sinclair Savell Says Bells Up’s Wines “Hit All The Right Notes”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Candide, 2018 Titan, 2018 Titan Pinot Noir, 2019 Firebird, 2019 Firebird Syrah, 2020 Helios, 2020 Prelude, 2020 Prelude Rosé, 2020 Rhapsody, 2020 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Bells Up Winery, Candide, Candide Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Dave Savell, Dave Specter, David Specter, Fanfare Club, feature story, Firebird Syrah, Helios Seyval Blanc, Margot Sinclair Savell, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude Estate Rosé, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Sara Specter, Seyval Blanc, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Write for Wine, 0Margot Sinclair Savell and her husband Dave Savell came down from the Seattle area to join us for a...
“Bells Up: Being Unique is Contagious.” Daily Ovation’s Wine Reviews
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Candide, 2018 Titan, 2018 Titan Pinot Noir, 2019 Firebird, 2019 Firebird Syrah, 2020 Prelude, 2020 Prelude Rosé, 2020 Rhapsody, 2020 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Bells Up Winery, Candide, Candide Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Daily Ovation, Dave Specter, David Specter, Fanfare Club, feature story, Firebird Syrah, Joe Wehinger, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude Estate Rosé, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Sara Specter, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0When Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation magazine, visited us over the summer,...
The Wine Write, Randy Smith, Interviews Bells Up Winemaker Dave Specter
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up, Bells Up Estate, Bells Up Name, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Our Story, Randy Smith, The Wine Write, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Visit Oregon Declares Bells Up Their “FAVORITE Winery in All of Willamette Valley”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Winery, Candide Pinot Noir, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Titan Pinot Noir, Villanelle Pinot Noir, Visit Oregon, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Travel and tourism site Visit Oregon recently published its list of “The Best Wineries in Oregon,” and — as...
Winery Reflections Says 2018 Titan Pinot Noir is “Alluring and Approachable”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Titan, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0Husband-and-wife wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections have been graciously sampling and writing about our wines...
Daily Ovation Calls Bells Up “Portland’s Answer to Music in the Bottle”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Daily Ovation, Dave Specter, David Specter, Fanfare Club, feature story, Joe Wehinger, Our Story, Pinot Noir, Sara Specter, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Over the summer we were visited by Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation...
Napa Valley Register Says A Visit To Bells Up Is “Like Coming Home”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Elizabeth Smith, feature story, Helios, Helios Seyval Blanc, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Napa Valley Register, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Rose, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Travel Blogger, Travel Writer, Wine Blogger, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith, who hails from the Napa/Sonoma region, recently paid us a visit as...
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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).