LOUIS KEYES is co-owner of Second Vine Wine. He was a senior global business executive in the food and beverage industries for Fortune 100 companies, including P&G, Seagram, Nestle and Disney. During a sixteen-year career at Seagram, he was VP Marketing and Brand Management for California and European wines, Champagne and North American Whiskey portfolios while based in New York, Napa Valley and Reims, the Champagne capital of France. Brands he has directed include Mumm, Perrier Jouet,Sterling Vineyards, Charles Krug and Crown Royal. Louis is a native of New Orleans.

 

TROY GANT is co-owner of Second Vine Wine. After an early career in juvenile and community outreach in New Orleans, Troy joined Remy Cointreau, USA in 2001 as the Louisiana State Manager. Brands included in the portfolio were Remy, Piper Heidsieck, Cointreau, Macallan and Merryvale wines. His knowledge of the local market dynamics played a key role in establishing the vision for a retail wine store in the Marigny and Treme neighborhoods.

 

MAURICIA BURNS is General Manager of the Second Vine Wine retail shop. He has over 20 years experience in the restaurant business in Miami and New Orleans. Over that time, he has worked with Kevin Graham, John Besh, Emeril Lagasse as well as some of New Orleans’s best wine sommeliers. Mauricio has gone thru the Court of Master Sommeliers and is certified at Level II.