Wine writer and blogger Penny Sadler has been writing about wine and travel for over a decade. She’s chronicled...
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The Boston Globe Includes Bells Up in Willamette Valley Travel Coverage
, Feature Stories & Reviews, 2020 Candide, 2020 Candide Zenith Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, 2020 Firebird, 2020 Jupiter, 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Firebird, Firebird Syrah, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, The Boston Globe, Travel, Travel Blogger, Travel Writer, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer, 0A pair of travel writers for The Boston Globe, Diane Bair and Pamela Wright, recently featured our region in...
Winery Reflections Declares 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir “Bold and Beguiling”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Jupiter, 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0The latest Bells Up wine to be reviewed by Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton is the...
Food Wine Travel Magazine Features Bells Up’s Joy Seyval Blanc Bubbles
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Winery, feature story, Joy Bubbles, Joy Estate Seyval Blanc Brut, Pam and Gary Baker, Pam Baker, Sparkling Wine, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Wine and travel writer Pam Baker—who visited us last August with her husband Gary on assignment for WineTraveler.com—recently filed...
Winery Reflections Praises 2019 Titan Pinot Noir’s “Juicy and Expressive” Character
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2019 Titan, 2019 Titan Pinot Noir, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0Southern California-based wine reviewers Nathan and Courtney Marton — who post on their Winery Reflections website and social media...
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...
Wine Writer Elizabeth Smith Covers Bells Up’s “End of the Beginning”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Jupiter, 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Prelude, 2021 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Elizabeth Smith, feature story, Helios, Helios Seyval Blanc, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rose, Seyval Blanc, Travel Blogger, Travel Writer, Wine Blogger, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0During harvest, award-winning wine writer and journalist Elizabeth Smith paid us a return visit. She previously covered us for...
WineTraveler Calls Bells Up A “Best Willamette Valley Winery to Visit for Wine Tasting”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, feature story, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, WineTraveler, 0This past August we had a delightful time hosting wife-and-husband wine and travel writers Pam and Gary Baker. 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...
2020 New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is “Unique and Highly Compelling” says Winery Reflections
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 New World Cab, 2020 New World Cabernet Sauvignon, Nathan and Courtney Marton, New World, Summit View Vineyard, Syrah, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0Nathan and Courtney Marton of Winery Reflections recently reviewed our 2020 New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and we are...
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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 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.









