About our Company

Due to his roots and his residence, Richard grew up tasting wines of his family estate in South Italy and visiting Domaines in the Rhône region of France. At the age of maturity, he chose to travel around the Old World pursuing his Master's Degree and improving his wine knowledge. After teaching Italian language and playing on international financial stock markets, his passion seems to have won out on his professions and started to be his vocation. After instructive experiences in London's wine industry, Richard joined Riviera Wine in 2016. Since then, he keeps learning every day doing his WSET® Level 3 and meeting wine novices and connoisseurs from the vine to the bottle. Richard is yet another wine loving keen skier of our team and as soon as time allows he heads for tastings or the slopes and he loves traveling.

Louise has more than 15 years of experience in the wine industry. After a sommelier program in Sweden she left for France to explore her passion for wine further. This took her to a wine university in the Rhône, a vineyard in Provence and finally to head up Riviera Wine. In 2014 she became the 100th woman in the world to be awarded the prestigious Master of Wine qualification and is known in the industry for sharing her passion for wine and creating top wine selections onboard.

Outside working hours she will enjoy a stunning glass of wine, do yoga, read and loves the peace and quiet of family life at home.

After graduating university in Scotland, Campbell moved to France to enter the yachting industry. He spent several years at sea on large motor yachts before he felt that a shore based position was more suitable for him, joining Riviera Yacht Support in 2001 to head up the sales division. Campbell's enthusiasm and competence has had a great impact on our wine supply division where he is involved with the sales and the teaching of the WSET® wine courses. He achieved the WSET® Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits in 2017.

Apart from being one of the main pillars in our organisation, he is a skilled skier, a wine lover and really handsome in his kilt!

Valerie is born in Bretagne but moved south 18 years ago. After several years of working with accounts and administration for a hotel chain she joined the RYS team in the spring of 2011 where she continues with similar tasks. 

She is extremely thorough, efficient and positive which makes her a very important member of our team.  When she is not spending her time in the office she loves taking her daughter Lo-Ann to the theatre and to decorate her new home.

Max is Riviera Wine’s most recent addition and joins us as Head of Sales, having spent the past three years supplying fine wine to yachts. His initial professional experience was in the shipping industry, where he spent several years working as an analyst for a leading shipbroking company. A growing interest in wine prompted him to search for a new challenge, and he duly began managing the Private Reserves team at a large London-based wine merchant, before starting to supply superyachts.

Max expects his consumption of Provençal rosé to increase dramatically having recently relocated to the French Riviera.

Maria was born in Uzbekistan and after living several years in Belgium and Portugal, she moved to France at the age of 16. She qualified with a Master Degree in Corporate Strategy and after working in event management and communication agencies, she joined Riviera Wine fascinated by new challenges and discovering the wine industry. Determined, creative and organised, Maria contributes to marketing and communication activities of our Group and assists Richard, our Wine Buyer, with daily logistics and storage management.

In her free time she loves cooking, playing theatre, travelling and she is an excellent photographer.

Prior to joining us in 2012, Adrian had his own company installing electrical systems in cars, however the call of the French Riviera and the opportunities in the yachting industry have seen him establish himself here full-time. 

Adrian's boundless energy and devotion to providing a quality and on-time service render him invaluable to the team. Although he works most of all of us he still manages to find some time for himself. Adrian enjoys going to the gym, spending time with his lovely fiancé and visiting new cities and was lately very impressed by Dubai.

Grégory joined our buying team in 2018. Having grown up in Grenoble, his interest in wine naturally started with wines from his native Rhône Valley. However, it wasn’t until moving to Australia that he really fell in love with the world of wine. He gained invaluable experience working as a brand ambassador for a renowned Australian estate and has also passed his WSET® Level 3. His thirst for knowledge has since pushed him to start studying towards the challenging WSET® Diploma.

In his free time, Greg loves visiting wine regions around Europe,playing tennis and spending time on the beach.