The people behind the list
Echezo came out of a meeting between several people from the wine trade, with experience running the length of the category’s value chain — from the growers themselves to distribution and the restaurant floor.
Philippe Kalmbach
Founder
Founded Wine Source Group in 2009 and built it into an international fine-wine supplier to hotels, restaurants and private clients, with offices from London and New York to Singapore. The relationships behind Echezo’s allocations are his — the doors in Burgundy and Champagne that do not open to everyone.
Xavier Rousset
Master Sommelier · Co-founder
Passed the Master Sommelier examination at twenty-three, and went on to co-found several London restaurants.
Jules Pichon
Head Sommelier
Gold medallist in the regional final of Un des Meilleurs Apprentis de France in sommellerie. Trained at the Royal Mansour and at Hélène Darroze’s Marsan. He leads our private tastings, and is in Palma every Wednesday for our Mallorca trade clients.
Celine Bannino
General Manager · Co-founder
Twenty-five years in international corporate roles, and most recently chief operating officer of the Juntos group here on the island. She runs Echezo day to day.
Growers, distribution, operations, the floor. Every part of the chain is represented in the room — which is why the list reads the way it does, and why it took three Star Wine List awards in Spain this year.
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