Spanish Soul, Approachable Pours, Solid Enough
· White Plains · Spanish tapas & wine bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 12, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Buleria Tapas & Wine Bar’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Wingman Metrics
Forty-nine bottles at a tapas spot in White Plains — this is a wine bar that takes the 'wine bar' part seriously. The list skews approachable without being lazy, and the price ceiling of $425 (Dom Pérignon, if you're feeling dramatic) is an outlier on an otherwise grounded list. First read gives you confidence this isn't a checklist afterthought.
The list earns its keep by mixing crowd-pleasing California staples with some genuinely Iberian-leaning picks. You've got Granbazan Albariño 'Etiqueta Verde' from Galicia, a Can Sumoi Xarel-lo from Catalonia, and the intriguing Dominio do Bibei Ribeiro Blanco 'Lalume' — actual Spanish wine for a Spanish restaurant, imagine that. The Italian and French whites (Santa Margherita, Louis Jadot Pouilly Fuissé, Maison Chantal Sancerre) fill out the roster for guests who won't touch Albariño with a ten-foot pole. Red wine depth is where it thins out — we only see Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon 'Prati' in the sourced data, which suggests the red section may not punch as hard as the whites.
By-the-glass specifics weren't confirmed in the data we have, so we can't tell you how many pours are available or whether the glass program rotates. Given the 49-label list, there's likely a reasonable BTG selection — but call ahead if that's your main play for the evening.
Villa Matilde Falanghina Rocca Dei Leoni — $46
Falanghina from Campania is one of Italy's most food-friendly whites and most people have never heard of it. At $46 a bottle in a wine bar setting, this is the move — it's got the brightness and texture to handle anything on a tapas menu without asking much of your wallet.
Dominio do Bibei Ribeiro Blanco 'Lalume'
Most tables are going to reach for the Albariño or the Whispering Angel and call it a night. The Ribeiro Blanco from Dominio do Bibei is a different animal — it's a natural-leaning Galician white with real texture and character, the kind of wine that makes you stop mid-conversation. At $54, it's one of the most interesting bottles on the list and will go completely unordered by 90% of the room.
Dom Pérignon Brut
At $425, this is the kind of entry that exists for special occasions where someone else is paying. But you're at a tapas bar in White Plains, not a Michelin two-star in Manhattan — the Bodegas Barbadillo Brut Espumoso 'Toto' at $48 is a far better fit for what you're actually doing at this table.
Granbazan Albariño 'Etiqueta Verde' + Gambas al Ajillo
Galician Albariño and garlic shrimp is essentially a regional pairing — both come from the same corner of Spain. The wine's citrus edge and saline backbone cut through the olive oil and amplify the sweetness of the shrimp. This is why the wine exists.
The Bottom Line
Buleria is doing the right things — an actual Spanish-leaning list at fair prices in a market that could easily get away with slapping Malbec and Pinot Grigio on a page and calling it done. It's not a destination wine list, but it's a genuinely solid one, and that's worth something.
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Small but Thoughtful
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Acceptable
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Basic Stemmed
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