Born: New York Hospital, NYC. September 4, 1954
Raised in suburban Bergen County, NJ
Moved to NYC for college and started a band 1972
Dropped out of college 1973
Moved to Greenwich Village 1974
Lived at CBGB (seemed like, anyway) occasionally headlining and always drinking free Heineken 1974-1978
Band’s second single picked up by NY radio station WNEW FM by Vin Scelsa 1975
Toured the US 1976
Quit band over “differences” (i.e. going nowhere) in 1980
Married 1982 (to New York Rocker publisher and photographer Guillemette Barbet)
Made indy Super 8 movies-1981-1985
Started music production company 1985
Had hit single (top 40 Billboard) with Latin dance diva Denise Lopez 1988
Second LP for A&M Records failed to chart or sell-1989 (dropped from label)
Had 2 kids and moved to Riverdale in the Bronx 1990
Began working at Crossroads NYC wine shop- 1991, dusted shelves, sold 1990 Bordeaux futures, learned retail, tasted good wines
Joined Michael Skurnik Wines 1993, as Long Island rep. Wine regions visited with Skurnik: Burgundy, Rhone, Chablis, Spain, Italy, California
Went to work running Jeroboam Wines for Daniel Johnnes 1999-2003
Started David Bowler Wine 2003

Producer with biggest representation in DB cellar: Jacky Truchot
Defining wine moment: they keep coming
Appreciates: good importers
Depends on: good customers
Favorite wines: anything old school.