James Melendez — also known as James The Wine Guy — is a prolific wine reviewer, writer and videographer....
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International Wine Report Reviews Three New Bells Up Pinot Noir Releases
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Candide, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Maestro, 93 Points, 94 Points, 95 points, Candide, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, International Wine Report, Jeremy Young, Jupiter, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Maestro, Maestro Reserve Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Review, Reviews, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Senior Editor Jeremy Young of International Wine Report recently asked us to send him three of our latest Pinot...
Bells Up Lands on Wine Flavor Guru’s List of Top Newberg Wineries
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Flavor Guru, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0George Moore is an entrepreneur with a talent for connecting with people and sourcing premium grapes. Moore and his...
2020 Zenith Vineyard Reserve Candide Rated “Excellent” by Great Northwest Wine
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Candide, 2020 Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Bells Up Story, Candide, Dave Specter, David Specter, Eric Degerman, Excellent Rating, Great Northwest Wine, Pinot Noir, Review, Reviews, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Great Northwest Wine’s team of reviewers — led by President and CEO Eric Degerman — recently sampled and posted...
Drinks Business Features Bells Up Wine and Truffle Pairing Luncheon
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2021 Jupiter, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Black Tie Tours, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Lyn Archer, Wine Blogger, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0The Willamette Valley is increasingly becoming known for its truffles as much as for its Pinot Noir. The region...
SoCal Restaurant Show Invites Bells Up Winemaker Dave Back for Follow-Up Interview
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Andy Harris, Dave Specter, Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc Brut, Our Story, Our Wines, Seyval Blanc, SoCal Restaurant Show, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0During our virtual tasting with the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), we reconnected with Andy Harris....
Urban Bliss Life Calls Bells Up “A Must Stop” in the Willamette Valley
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Firebird Syrah, IFWTWA, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Marlynn Schotland, New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Sara Specter, Titan Pinot Noir, Travel Writer, Urban Bliss Life, Virtual Tasting, Virtual Wine Tasting, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Honest to goodness, the hardest working wine, food, travel, and lifestyle blogger and writer Marlynn Schotland — the force...
The New Wine Review Highlights Bells Up’s Helios Amid “Spectacular” Oregon Whites
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Winery, Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc Brut, Seyval Blanc, The New Wine Review, Virginie Boone, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Having written for Wine Enthusiast for over a decade, Virginie Boone is currently a Senior Contributing Editor to The...
Bells Up’s Dave Specter Featured on KOIN Wine Wednesday Morning Show
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Name, Bells Up Story, Dave Specter, David Specter, Emily Buriss, feature story, Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, Helios Seyval Blanc, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc, KOIN, KOIN News AM Extra, Seyval Blanc, Travis Teich, Wine Wednesday, 0Local TV station KOIN invited Winemaker Dave to join co-hosts and anchors Emily Buriss and Travis Teich for the...
Bells Up Included in “Best of the Valley” Issue of Willamette Living Magazine
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Best of the Valley 2023, Elaine Rea, feature story, Travel Writer, Willamette Living, Wine Writer, 0Willamette Living magazine’s Best of the Valley 2023 issue included a multi-page spread featuring Newberg. Written by Elaine Rea,...
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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).