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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...
Winery Reflections Revels in 2020 Candide Reserve Pinot Noir’s “Tantalizingly Plush and Expressive Display”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Candide, 2020 Candide Zenith Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, Zenith Vineyard, 0It’s always a joy to feel appreciated. And whenever Southern California-based wine writers Nathan and Courtney Marton review one...
Big Blend Radio Interviews Dave & Sara, Calls Wines “Special & Exquisite”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, All In Good Taste, Big Blend Radio, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Video, Featured Winery, Linda Kissam, Lisa Smith, Podcast, Sara Specter, Video, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Dave and Sara Specter were recently featured on the Big Blend Radio Podcast in a joint interview conducted by...
Great Northwest Wine Declares 2020 Titan Pinot Noir “Outstanding!”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Titan, 2020 Titan Pinot Noir, 2020 Titan Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, Eric Degerman, Great Northwest Wine, Outstanding! Wine Review, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0The esteemed palates at Great Northwest Wine — a collection of regional wine reviewers led by wine writer Eric...
International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association Features Bells Up
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Adventures of a Carry-On, All In Good Taste, Andy Harris, Cori Solomon, Elizabeth Smith, FWT Magazine, Helios, Helios Seyval Blanc, IFWTWA, International Food, Jo-Anne Bowen, Journeys with Jo-Anne, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Linda Kissam, Marlynn Schotland, Penny Sadler, Seyval Blanc, SoCal Restaurant Show, Terry Nozick, The Written Palette, Travel Writer, Truth 'n' Wine, Urban Bliss Life, Wine and Travel Writers Association, Wine Blogger, Wine Bloggers, Wine Writer, Wine Writers, 0The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) offers programs and resources for professionals writing in the field,...
Adventures of a Carry-On Features Bells Up Story, Wines
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Adventures of a Carry-On, IFWTWA, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Penny Sadler, Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Travel Writer, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Wine writer and blogger Penny Sadler has been writing about wine and travel for over a decade. She’s chronicled...
Winery Reflections Declares 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir “Bold and Beguiling”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Jupiter, 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0The latest Bells Up wine to be reviewed by Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton is the...
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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).