Bells Up Winery, Newberg, Oregon with Winemaker Dave Specter Part 2

“Perched on the side of Oregon’s Chehalem Mountain and overlooking Newberg and the Willamette Valley to the south, Bells Up Winery makes approximately 600 cases annually and offers a small selection of Oregon-grown and produced varietals. All Bells Up wines are sold directly from their tasting room.”“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 Bells Up story…“That’s the question Sara asked Dave almost 20 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 The Specters, was that life is too short to spend unhappy. So they turned the basement hobby that brought Dave joy — winemaking — into Bells Up Winery.”“After Dave won two different amateur national winemaking competitions with two different wines, they decided to relocate to Newberg, Oregon. In 2013, Dave & Sara established Bells Up Winery and their winemaking dreams took root.”“Today — micro-boutique, un-domaine and open exclusively for one winemaker-hosted tasting experience at a time — Bells Up composes handcrafted, classically-styled Oregon Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Schioppettino with grapes sourced exclusively from their estate vineyard and from Summit View Vineyard in Eastern Oregon.”Tastings at Bell’s Up are personally conducted by Winemaker Dave or Sara.Winemaker Dave Specter continues with us pulling the cork on all that is Bells Up Winery.