Meet the Scouts

Customized. Curated. Collaborative. Your own personal guides to the best in wine.

We have assembled an expert team of seasoned sommeliers who will get to know you and your exclusive tastes as well as they know their own. Our Scouts come from various backgrounds, with years of experience in regions throughout the world. We taste four to five thousand wines a year to select the ten percent you will love.

Each of our Scouts contributes greatly to our success, as they consult with one another to provide consistent standards, and relentlessly pursue only those wines that each scout would stand behind. "If it's not great, we don't sell it." Our motto since 1994, and we mean it.

Alan Lewis
Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1

Scout Since: 2005
Favorite Wines:

Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet, Sancerre

Rarest Wine Tasted:

1970 Château d'Yquem Sauternes

Sean Tupper
CSW, Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1

Scout Since: 2014
Favorite Wines:

Nebbiolo, Pinot Noir, Cabernet, Garganega, Chardonnay

Rarest Wine Tasted:

1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild

Madeline Schneider
WSET 2, Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1

Scout Since: 2017
Favorite Wines:

Burgundiam Pinot, Right-Bank Bordeaux (Merlot & Cabernet Franc), Sauvignon Blanc, and of course, Champagne!

Three Most Memorable Wines:

1989 Chateau Margaux, 1989 Dunhn Howell Mountain, 2005 Pétrus, and 1995 DRC La Tâche

Sandro Moro
Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1

Scout Since: 2016
Favorite Wines:

Cabernet, Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo, Nerello Mascalese, and succulent whites and rosés

Three Most Memorable Wines:

1980-something Casa Nuestra red wine, 1985 Moet & Chandon, and 2005 Pendfold's Grange

Zac Melendrez, WSET 2
Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 2

Scout Since: 2017
Favorite Wines:

Northern Rhone Syrah, German Riesling, Cabernet and Burgundy

Three Most Memorable Wines:

1979 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon

Paige LaBue

Scout Since: 2017
Favorite Wines:

Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Syrah

Three Most Memorable Wines:

1998 Cheval Blanc, 1989, Chateau Margaux, and 1999 Silver Oak