David Natali

The Climb

Cellar work came after classroom training for David Natali, whose studies at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service and later at University of Montpellier gave the route to wine an unusual breadth. That academic grounding shows up less as pedigree than as method: discipline, perspective, and the habit of measured decisions. In the winery, those habits matter in harvest timing, blending choices, and the slower work of bringing a wine into form.

Today

Winemaker is the current title David Natali holds at Robert Biale Vineyards, and it defines work that sits between tasting bench and cellar floor. The role asks for consistency from vineyard to bottle and for judgment once the grapes come in, where daily decisions shape the house style. At that level, the craft is practical and interpretive at once: reading fruit, guiding lots, and refining wines so they speak clearly.

Signature

25 Clementina Greco, 24 Old Kraft Zinfandel, 24 Aldo’s Zinfandel, 24 R.W. Moore Zinfandel, and 24 Stagecoach Zinfandel make up the named signature wines associated with David Natali. Taken together, they point to a cellar language built around expressive, site-driven bottlings and comfort moving between varieties and vineyards. The sequence also suggests a steady hand behind the wines, with enough consistency to let each bottling keep its own character.

In Their Words “My name is David Natali, I'm the winemaker at Robert Biale Vineyards.” The line is direct because the work is direct. Name, role, estate: the statement identifies David Natali through the position and the craft rather than through ornament. In winemaking, that kind of plain speech usually travels with repetition, attention, and the accumulated pressure of many seasons.