Wine writer Melanie Ofenloch, who files blog posts under her Dallas Wine Chick Blog, recently visited us along with...
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The Manual’s Sam Slaughter Highlights Bells Up for Willamette Valley White Wines
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Helios Seyval Blanc, 2018 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Dave Specter, feature story, Helios Seyval Blanc, Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Sam Slaughter, The Manual, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Writer, 0Sam Slaughter (pictured above with winemaker Dave), food and drink editor for The Manual — an e-magazine targeted to...
What’s “Batonnage?” Life Between The Vines Asks Dave Specter to Define this “Vino Lingo”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #lifebetweenthevines, Battonage, Dave Specter, Feature Video, Life Between the Vines, Podcast, Video, Video Feature, Wine Blogger, Wine Video, Wine Writer, 0Ray Fister, creator and producer of Life Between The Vines — a podcast and video series designed to educate...
2018 Helios “A Glass of Sunshine,” says Drink In Nature
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Helios, 2018 Helios Seyval Blanc, Drink In Life, Drink In Nature, Elaine Luxton, Helios, Seyval Blanc, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Photographer and wine writer Elaine Luxton, who authors the Drink In Life blog and publishes her photography under her...
Wine Reviewer Ellen Landis Says Bells Up’s Wines Are “Striking and Dramatic”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2016 Titan, 2016 Titan Pinot Noir, 2018 Prelude, 2018 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2018 Rhapsody, 2018 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Ellen Landis, Ellen On Wine, Prelude, Rhapsody, Titan, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Three of our wines were recently reviewed by wine writer and reviewer Ellen Landis, a Certified Sommelier, wine writer,...
Bells Up Tasting Experience, Wines Reviewed by Sips N Tips
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2016 Titan, 2016 Titan Pinot Noir, 2017 Candide, 2017 Firebird, 2017 Firebird Syrah, 2018 Helios, 2018 Helios Seyval Blanc, 2018 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2018 Rhapsody, 2018 Rhapsody Pinot Blanc, Caitlin Hodges, Estate Seyval Blanc, Helios Seyval Blanc, Prelude, Prelude Rosé, Seyval Blanc, Sips N Tips, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0Caitlin Hodges, the wine writer who pens the Sips N Tips blog, visited us in May as part of...
Confetti Travel Cafe Features Bells Up Winery in 2019 Drink Pink Festival Coverage
, Events & Tastings, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2018 Prelude, 2018 Prelude Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, Confetti Travel Cafe, Dave Specter, Drink Pink, Nancy Zaffaro, Sara Pearson Specter, Sara Specter, Travel Writer, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Writer, 0All credit to Nancy Zaffaro, a Portland-based travel, food, beverage, arts and lifestyle writer for taking the only photo...
Nittany Epicurean Says 2016 Titan “Teeming With Bright Red Berries”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Reviews, 2016 Titan, 2016 Titan Pinot Noir, Michael Chelus, Pinot Noir, Titan, Wine Blogger, Wine Review, Wine Reviewer, Wine Writer, 0As the author of the Nittany Epicurean blog, wine reviewer and New York-based Michael Chelus, is a prolific sampler...
SIP Northwest Publishes “Bells Up Winery: Willamette Valley’s Un-Domaine”
, Feature Stories & Reviews, Dave Specter, Feature Article, feature story, Our Story, Sara Specter, SIP Northwest, Tamara Belgard, Wine Blogger, Wine Feature, Wine Writer, 0SIP Northwest — a regional magazine showcases wines, beers, spirits and ciders from the Pacific Northwest — writer Tamara...
Bells Up’s Dave Specter Featured in Life Between the Vines Video Interview
, Feature Stories & Reviews, #lifebetweenthevines, Dave Specter, feature story, Feature Video, Life Between the Vines, Podcast, Ray Fister, Video, Wine Blogger, Wine Video, Wine Writer, 0Life Between The Vines, a podcast and video series created by Ray Fister, seeks to both entertain and educate...
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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.









