Discover More About Our Winery
Our boutique winery is located in Healdsburg. We are open by appointment only. Because our wines are crafted in small amounts the best way to enjoy them is through our wine club. But we have also partnered with some select restaurants and run private tastings. Learn more about the BDV wines below.
Meet the Team
Andy and Ben have been producing Pinot Noir wines in California since 2014. They share a passion for quality and attention to detail. Andy focuses on new ways of using technology in the vineyards and winery, such as aerial drone spraying and modern fermentation vessels. Ben makes sure they never lose the old-fashioned wine making techniques like extending macerations or hand sorting whole cluster fermentations. They own and operate Barowsky Disesa Vineyards in Healdsburg, California, a fifty-acre estate focused on premium quality Syrah, Mouvedre and Viognier grapes.
While some of the fruit has been sourced for household brands such as Orin Swift, their passion is in the BDV label which has a small, but high-quality production of less than five thousand cases a vintage. These wines, under the Barowsky label, are highly allocated and reserved for Direct-to-Consumer Sales and private wine tastings.
Andrew Barowsky
Andrew Barowsky graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1972 and then going on to graduate from the University of Michigan with an MBA in Marketing and Finance. He is a charter member of the George Eastman Circle, the University’s annual giving leadership society, chairman and CEO of Abaco LLC, and former president and CEO of Lepage Bakeries, Inc.
Benjamin Disesa
Benjamin Disesa is a New Hampshire native, attending the University of New Hampshire and has experience in restaurants and wine retail. Currently the President of Abaco LLC, he is a graduate from the Elizabeth Bishop Wine Studies Program at Boston University. He is a certified Sommelier through the Court of Masters and has a level three certification from WSET. He just completed his 8th vintage of BDV wines and had hands on learning experience working on the 2012 and 2013 vintages at Joseph Phelps Vineyards.
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