Dan Ward owns and operates Decanteur.
He's spent his career in the food and beverage industry — including supporting distribution to bars and restaurants — with a focus on restaurant margin and the unit-economic, financial side of the business. That's the seat operators rarely get a straight answer from, and it's the one Decanteur works from on your behalf.
On the wine itself, he's WSET-trained — enough to read a list the way a serious sommelier does, and to tell the difference between a genuine recommendation and inventory management in a nicer jacket.