A couple of months ago, publisher and podcaster Lisa Smith invited Winemaker Dave for an interview on her Big...
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Dave and Sara Specter were recently featured on the Big Blend Radio Podcast in a joint interview conducted by...
We were recently reminded that we participated in an interview for the Oregon Wine History Archive, conducted by Stephanie...
Ray Fister, creator and producer of Life Between The Vines — a podcast and video series designed to educate...
Austin Beeman, wine writer, podcaster, videographer and VP of Marketing for Cutting Edge Selections — the Cincinnati area’s premier...
Life Between The Vines, a podcast and video series created by Ray Fister, seeks to both entertain and educate...
It certainly pays to have dear friends in high places. Thanks to George Fox University marketing students Grace, Gaby...
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).