David Bowler

Another weird varietal, “Tintilla” is named after a Spanish word referring to the stain left on tablecloths by the deep red juice. Very aromatic wi...

País, Mission, Listan Prieto… whatever you call it. This wine is delicious lush dark fruit and round well integrated tannins. Astounding even the w...

Incredibly small production Grüner Veltliner showing the true "terrroir" of Wagram. Sustainable and natural production. Spicy, with very fine frui...

90% Malvasia/10% Ortrugo & Trebbiano Toscano. The varieties are co-planted and the vines average 30 years of age. The fruit is co-harvest...

One of the only single varietal Negramolls on the island of Tenerife––normally blended with Listan Negro. This is medium bodied with good smoke, cu...

100% Cabernet Franc. Croix Boissée is in Cravant, near the winery, on a south-exposed slope overlooking the Vienne River. The Baudry p...

This complex wine from their young "bambino" zinfandel vines, is 75% Zinfandel, with some Petit Syrah, and Alicante Bouchet. With taste notes of pl...

If Randall Grahm brought the flash to the Rhône movement, Steve Edmunds brought the soul. 51% Vermentino and 49% Grenache Blanc. Pale color, with a...

Were this wine to be tasted blind, it could easily pass for a top-tier Chenin Blanc from France's Loire Valley.  The nose has multiple layers wi...

90% Malvasia/10% Ortrugo & Trebbiano Toscano. The varieties are co-planted and the vines average 30 years of age. The fruit is co-harvest...

100% Malvasia aged for 9 months sur lie from volcanic soils. Really dry, Champagne like texture with sweet fruit nose that is hidden behind a firey...

Innovative young winemaker, German Blanco, makes terpranillo do a new dance at his "micro-winery." Fresh, fruit-forward, and rustic; join the party!

100% Listan Negro, soft fleshy fruit notes Beaujolais like with strong cherry and blackberry. Soft melodic mouth feel with a very pretty tannins th...

A new wine from them and the first (that I've seen) white Vijareigo–– a red grape, rare but grown in several parts.  Closest example would be to a ...

Who said Chileans can't make Pinot? Not us. If you want to get a sense of where Pinot is going in this wine haven of a country, get this one. Oh ma...

  The Les Peuilles vineyard is a plateau down fairly close to the Vienne River, with the vines planted on clay and flint soils. This cuvée i...

Chenin on clay and limestone again. Rare to find an A.O.C. Chinon Blanc as few people make them and fewer export them. Organic, naturally fermented...

Organic, unfined, unfiltered, naturally fermented. Crushed raspberry and herbs with a deep core of blackberry, signature Cab Franc botanical greene...

100% Cabernet Franc. Close to the town of Chinon, Clos Guillot is a hillside vineyard with south-southwest exposure, near the top of the hill...