Bells Up Winery: Fine Oregon Wines and Amazing People
If you've visited our website before, you already know that we are big fans of Bells Up Winery of Newberg, Oregon. Our "wino" crew recently sat down virtually with owner and winemaker Dave Specter to taste through six of his micro-boutique, unique and delicious wines. The other half of the winery and Dave's boss (and wife) Sara Specter made the arrangements and we were off to a beautiful evening! Like every winery, there is a good story behind this one. We guess "good" may not be the best way to describe how the winery came to fruition, but it does have a happy ending. Dave and Sara began making wine in their basement in 2006. Dave was a corporate tax attorney who was not enjoying (to put it lightly) his profession and wanted to pursue a passion of not only becoming a winemaker but eventually owning and operating his own winery with Sara. While visiting the Willamette Valley in 2008 on vacation, they both fell in love with the area and t...