Under the category of “better late than never,” we finally got the scores from the wines reviewed by Samantha...
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It’s always a joy to feel appreciated. And whenever Southern California-based wine writers Nathan and Courtney Marton review one...
Dave and Sara Specter were recently featured on the Big Blend Radio Podcast in a joint interview conducted by...
The esteemed palates at Great Northwest Wine — a collection of regional wine reviewers led by wine writer Eric...
The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) offers programs and resources for professionals writing in the field,...
Wine writer and blogger Penny Sadler has been writing about wine and travel for over a decade. She’s chronicled...
The latest Bells Up wine to be reviewed by Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton is the...
Wine and travel writer Pam Baker—who visited us last August with her husband Gary on assignment for WineTraveler.com—recently filed...
Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton — who post on their Winery Reflections website and social media...
During harvest, award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith paid us a return visit. She previously covered us for...
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.