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James The Wine Guy Awards 2021 Candide 95 Points!
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Candide, Bells Up Winery, Candide, Candide Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, James Melendez, James The Wine Guy, Review, Reviews, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0James The Wine Guy (also known as James Melendez) is a wine reviewer, writer, and videographer who has created...
94 Points for 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir from James Melendez
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Jupiter, Bells Up Winery, James Melendez, James The Wine Guy, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Review, Reviews, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Prolific wine reviewer, writer, and videographer James Melendez — also known as James The Wine Guy — has produced...
Wine Characters Profiles Bells Up Winemaker Dave Specter
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Story, Dave Specter, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0The brainchild of winery public relations specialist Carl Giavanti, the Wine Characters site presents “Characters With Wine | Wines...
The Written Palette Features Bells Up’s Pairings of Wine and Music
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Estate, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Cori Solomon, Firebird Syrah, Helios Seyval Blanc, New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Our Story, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Seyval Blanc, The Written Palette, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0The Written Palette’s Cori Solomon — a Los Angeles-based wine writer who visited us a few years ago —...
Drink the Bottles Hosts Winemaker Dave for Virtual Tasting
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Drink the Bottles Reviews Six Bells Up Wines
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Candide, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, 2021 Maestro, 2021 Titan, Candide, Candide Pinot Noir, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Drink The Bottles, Jeff Lawson, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Maestro, Maestro Reserve Pinot Noir, Melissa & Jeff Lawson, Melissa Lawson, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Review, Reviews, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Rose, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0In our previous post, we shared how Melissa and Jeff Lawson—married wine reviewers who curate the Drink the Bottles...
Winery Reflections Reflects on Virtual Tasting with Winemaker Dave
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, feature story, Nathan and Courtney Marton, Pinot Noir, Wine Blogger, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Winery Reflections, 0Like most wineries, we started offering virtual tasting appointments during Covid. But we’ve continued to do them for media...
Michael Apstein Reviews Five Bells Up Wines
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2023 Helios Seyval Blanc “Intriguing and Exciting” – Winery Reflections
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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).