Stave & Slate

Your wine,handled by asommelier.

Cellars organised, tastings poured, wine programs shaped with your team.

Tell me what you’re pouring

Three ways to put wine to work.

Buy well, store it right, pour it with a story. Pick the part you need help with.

For collectors

Private cellar consulting & management

What to buy, where it lives, when to open it. I catalogue the collection, plan the storage and keep every bottle drinking at its best.

  • Buying
  • Storage
  • Inventory
Cellar consulting →
For producers

Wine trade promotion

Sommelier-led live tastings on behalf of wine trade associations and producers, for trade buyers and curious consumers alike.

  • Live tastings
  • Producers
  • Associations
Trade promotion →
For restaurants

Program direction

Wine lists, pairings and service standards for restaurants, hotels and clubs, built with the team that has to pour them.

  • Lists
  • Pairings
  • Training
Program direction →

Private events, personal or corporate.

Birthdays, offsites, client dinners, a Tuesday that needed a reason. I bring the wines, the glassware and the stories. You bring the people.

See the events

  • Corporate tasting eventsClients, teams, leadership offsites
  • Personal celebrationsDinners, milestones, gifts with a pour
  • Wine dinnersPaired course by course

Companies I’ve worked with

I moved to Bordeaux to learn about wine, and kept learning.

Time with the teams at Château Pontet-Canet, then years on restaurant floors, taught me that good wine is mostly good company.

More about me

Yagna Vudathu standing among oak barrels in a Pauillac barrel hall

Tell me what you’re pouring, and for whom.

A short note is enough. Share the occasion, the headcount or the cellar, and I will reply from [email protected].

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