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International Wine Report Reviews Three New Bells Up Pinot Noir Releases
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Candide, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Maestro, 93 Points, 94 Points, 95 points, Candide, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, International Wine Report, Jeremy Young, Jupiter, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Maestro, Maestro Reserve Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Review, Reviews, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Senior Editor Jeremy Young of International Wine Report recently asked us to send him three of our latest Pinot...
2020 Zenith Vineyard Reserve Candide Rated “Excellent” by Great Northwest Wine
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2020 Candide, 2020 Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Bells Up Story, Candide, Dave Specter, David Specter, Eric Degerman, Excellent Rating, Great Northwest Wine, Pinot Noir, Review, Reviews, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Great Northwest Wine’s team of reviewers — led by President and CEO Eric Degerman — recently sampled and posted...
Urban Bliss Life Calls Bells Up “A Must Stop” in the Willamette Valley
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Candide Reserve Pinot Noir, Dave Specter, David Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Firebird Syrah, IFWTWA, Jupiter Pinot NOir, Marlynn Schotland, New World Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Sara Specter, Titan Pinot Noir, Travel Writer, Urban Bliss Life, Virtual Tasting, Virtual Wine Tasting, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Honest to goodness, the hardest working wine, food, travel, and lifestyle blogger and writer Marlynn Schotland — the force...
Bites, Flights and Sights Files Two Features on Bells Up
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Estate Pinot Noir, Estate Seyval Blanc, Helios Seyval Blanc, John Compisi, Linda Compisi, Pinot Noir, Sara Specter, Seyval Blanc, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviewers, Wine Reviews, 0Husband-and-wife writers John and Linda Compisi cover food, drink, and travel on their blog, Bites, Flights and Sights. Passionate...
Jeff Kralik, aka The Drunken Cyclist, Named 2019 Jupiter Pinot Noir “Red Wine of the Year”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2019 Jupiter, 2019 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Bells Up Winery, Dave Specter, David Specter, Jupiter, Outstanding! Wine Review, Pinot Noir, The Drunken Cyclist, Top Ten Red Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Bloggerrs, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, Wine Writers, 0Sometimes praise and props slip by us. And it is SO EMBARRASSING when that happens. We even use Google...
Jancis Robinson Scores for Bells Up Wines Released
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Helios, Bells Up Estate, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, Candide, Dave Specter, David Specter, Firebird, Jancis Robinson, New World, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Prelude, Prelude Estate Rosé, Prelude Rosé, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Rose, Rosé of Pinot Noir, Samantha Cole-Johnson, Titan, Titan Pinot Noir, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, Winemaker, 0Under the category of “better late than never,” we finally got the scores from the wines reviewed by Samantha...
Adventures of a Carry-On Features Bells Up Story, Wines
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2021 Helios, 2021 Helios Estate Seyval Blanc, 2021 Jupiter, 2021 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Adventures of a Carry-On, IFWTWA, Jupiter, Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, Penny Sadler, Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Travel Writer, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Writer, 0Wine writer and blogger Penny Sadler has been writing about wine and travel for over a decade. She’s chronicled...
Hippie In Heels Puts Bells Up on Best Wineries in the Willamette Valley List
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Aliya Hall, Bells Up Story, Bells Up Vineyard, Bells Up Winery, feature story, Hippie in Heels, Prelude, Travel, Travel Blogger, Travel Writer, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, 0Regional writer Aliya Hall filed a report for the travel and tourism website, Hippie In Heels, to help readers...
Winerabble Reviews All Three Bells Up 2020 Pinot Noirs
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, #bellsupmoment, 2020 Candide, 2020 Candide Zenith Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, 2020 Jupiter, 2020 Jupiter Estate Pinot Noir, 2020 Titan, 2020 Titan Pinot Noir, 2020 Titan Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, Bells Up Estate, Candide, Dave Specter, Jupiter, Matt Talbot, Michele Francisco, Pinot Noir, Titan, Wine Blog, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting, Wine Writer, Winerabble, 0Based in Portland, wine experts and reviewers Michele Francisco and Matt Talbot produce Winerabble, an online resource covering all...
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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).