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
Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet, Sancerre
1970 Château d'Yquem Sauternes
Sean Tupper
CSW, Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1
Nebbiolo, Pinot Noir, Cabernet, Garganega, Chardonnay
1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Madeline Schneider
WSET 2, Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1
Burgundiam Pinot, Right-Bank Bordeaux (Merlot & Cabernet Franc), Sauvignon Blanc, and of course, Champagne!
1989 Chateau Margaux, 1989 Dunhn Howell Mountain, 2005 Pétrus, and 1995 DRC La Tâche
Sandro Moro
Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 1
Cabernet, Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo, Nerello Mascalese, and succulent whites and rosés
1980-something Casa Nuestra red wine, 1985 Moet & Chandon, and 2005 Pendfold's Grange
Zac Melendrez, WSET 2
Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 2
Northern Rhone Syrah, German Riesling, Cabernet and Burgundy
1979 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon
Paige LaBue
Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Syrah
1998 Cheval Blanc, 1989, Chateau Margaux, and 1999 Silver Oak