“Absolutely not,” or something similar delivered with devastating precision, is generally my answer when asked if it was love at first sight. Even so, we were “married” ten days later. You can read more about that in The New York Times.

We met in 2010 on the first of dozens of winery trips we would take, though almost never together, as we built our careers in the wine business. I had just started as a sales representative at T Edward Wines, shortly after the 2008 recession mercifully ended my brief career on Wall Street. Will was working at Amanti Vino, a top retailer in New Jersey. Shortly thereafter, he joined the Italian Portfolio at Skurnik Wines, where he would spend nearly a decade, mostly as the Director of Sales. He left in 2019 to start VINTUS New York. Built on the foundation of VINTUS’ blue-chip import portfolio, VNY, as it is affectionately known, now works with several incredible brands and importers - Bollinger, Guigal, Chateau Montelena, Sandrone, Ornellaia, Trediberri, Vine Connections, Vine Street, and the Craft Spirits Cooperative - to name a few. 

My career continued to blossom at T Edward, where I became a top sales representative, Head of Sales, and eventually Vice President. I left in 2019, with our second child on the way, and started working full-time again two years later as Personal Wine Advisor for the Wall Street Journal and other wine clubs. I gained valuable insights into the expanding world of e-commerce and national shipping regulations. In 2022, I began consulting for Vine Connections as a Data and Insights specialist, working with data, sales and leadership teams and on distributor relations. 

Collectively, we have three decades of experience in all aspects of the New York wine industry. We have been on parallel tracks - working with top customers, managing some of the world’s greatest brands, leading sales teams, growing companies, and even building them from the ground up. Even while working for competitors, our professional partnership has made us endlessly stronger. We have relied on each other's sound advice and the kind of constructive criticism that can only be leveled by a significant other. For years, we have been each other’s better half, and can’t wait to bring our boundless energy, passion, and experience to help you grow your business.

We live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn with our son Charlie (7) and daughter Lana (4), who are already developing very expensive tastes in anything that can be found on a raw bar, cheese plate or in a dessert case.