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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...
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...
Fodor’s Oregon Says Bells Up Tastings “Like Sitting Down With Old Friends”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Fodor's Travel, French Horn, Margot Bigg, Our Story, Review, Reviews, Sara Specter, Travel Writer, Wine Writer, 0Fodor’s Travel, publishers of both printed books and online travel guides, recently released their 2023 Oregon guidebook. Writer Margot...
Weinnotes’ AJ Weinzettel Interviews Dave and Sara at Bells Up for Podcast Video
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2016 Titan Pinot Noir, A.J. Weinzettel, Bells Up Story, Dave Specter, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Oregon Vino Country, Our Story, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Sara Specter, Seyval Blanc, Weinnotes, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Local wine writer, A.J. Weinzettel, produces the Weinnotes website and video podcast series. He paid us a visit a...
Bells Up Featured in Wine Business Article on Magic in the Mountains Event
, Bells Up News, Events & Tastings, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Prelude, 2021 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, Chehalem Mountains, Chehalem Mountains AVA, Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers Association, feature story, LM Archer, Magic in the Mountains, Sara Pearson Specter, Sara Specter, Wine Blogger, Wine Business, Wine Writer, WineBusiness.com, 0We were again delighted to be one of the featured wineries at the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers Association’s (CMWA) third...
This holiday season instead of showing you our brass, we thought we’d show you our buns.
, Bells Up News, Cupcake, Dave Specter, Happy Holidays, Holiday 2021, Sara Pearson Specter, Sara Specter, 0It wouldn’t be a seasonal greeting from the Specters if there wasn’t a bad pun or two. So some things...
Mahindra USA Features Bells Up in Series of Customer Stories
, Bells Up News, Feature Stories & Reviews, Vineyard, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Mahindra Tractor, Mahindra USA, Sara Pearson Specter, Sara Specter, Vineyard, Winemaker, 0We’ve kept this quiet for MONTHS now, but in April this year we were contacted by Holly Brinkman, Head...
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...
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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).