In Wine Enthusiast‘s February 29, 2016 issue, the magazine revealed its list of America’s Top Urban Wineries. And, lo...
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NEWBERG, OR (March 28, 2016) — Bells Up Winery (www.bellsupwinery.com) will be open to the public for its first...
As the Bells Up estate vineyard is still in its pre-production stages—and because winemaker Dave Specter wants to produce...
Fanfare Club Founding Member Annette shared with us her recipe for a Bells Up Rhapsody Pinot Blanc Cocktail (and...
Bells Up Winery Showcasing Three Wines at Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers’ Annual Trade Tasting Event
NEWBERG, OR (March 16, 2016) — Bells Up Winery (www.bellsupwinery.com), one of the Willamette Valley’s newest micro-boutique wineries, will...
Members of Bells Up Winery’s Fanfare Club are invited to a special, Club-only party celebrating the release of our...
We are excited to announce the April release of Bells Up’s 2014 Pinot Noir and Syrah wines, as well as the...
Dave Specter, owner and winemaker of Newberg, Oregon’s Bells Up Winery has joined the Board of Directors for the...
Bells Up will be returning to Newberg’s First Friday ARTwalk event. Winemaker and owner Dave Specter will pour two of...
We are honored to be the exclusive winery partner of Yamhills – A Gift & Art Gallery for their...
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 almost two decades 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, Rosé, Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Schioppettino with grapes sourced exclusively from our estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.