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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....
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...
The Pink Grape’s Anthony Metzger Interviews Winemaker Dave for Video Podcast
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Anthony Metzger, Bells Up Story, Dave Specter, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Our Story, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, The Pink Grape, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0Winemaker and podcaster Anthony Metzger produces video interviews of winemakers from around the world on his YouTube Channel, The...
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...
The Wine Write, Randy Smith, Interviews Bells Up Winemaker Dave Specter
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up, Bells Up Estate, Bells Up Name, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Our Story, Randy Smith, The Wine Write, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0Wine writer and reviewer Randy Smith (pictured at right), who publishes The Wine Write blog, paid us a visit...
Daily Ovation Calls Bells Up “Portland’s Answer to Music in the Bottle”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Daily Ovation, Dave Specter, David Specter, Fanfare Club, feature story, Joe Wehinger, Our Story, Pinot Noir, Sara Specter, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Over the summer we were visited by Joe Wehinger, CEO of United Digital & Associates, publisher of Daily Ovation...
Wine Writer L.M. Archer Recaps Bells Up’s Progress in Moving Instagram Post
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2019 Jupiter, 2019 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, L.M. Archer, Our Story, Pinot Noir, Review, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Several years ago we first invited acclaimed wine writer L.M. Archer to sample our wines in person, which she...
Weinnotes Features Bells Up’s Wines, Story
, Feature Stories & Reviews, 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, Seyval Blanc, Weinnotes, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Earlier this spring we were fortunate to have been paid a three-hour visit by local wine writer and developer...
Bells Up Named Among “23 Best Things To Do In Newberg, Oregon”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #bellsupmoment, About Us, Boutique Winery, Dave Specter, feature story, Our Story, Sara Specter, Vacation Idea Magazine, 0When we first visited Newberg back in 2008, our primary goal was to taste some world-class Pinot Noir. What...
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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).