Leadership

Calle Nilsson

Calle Nilsson

Sweden, CoFounder

Calle was educated in Marketing and Management and received his master’s degree from the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2007. Calle has previously worked in the IT and Marketing sector but also worked part-time in the hotel and restaurant business for over eight years. He is a very eager entrepreneur bringing enthusiasm and creativity to the WineTourism.com team.

Marcus Boström

Marcus Boström

Sweden, CoFounder

Marcus started a career as an entrepreneur during university at Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, building business online platform businesses within booking and e-commerce. Marcus is responsible for the technical development aspect of the platform at WineTourism.com.

Simon Källquist

Simon Källquist

Sweden, CoFounder

Simon graduated in 2003, with his sommelier education, one of the youngest sommeliers in Sweden. Simon has a professional background as a sommelier working on the floor and as a manager at the most well-established fine dining restaurants in Sweden and Norway.

Niklas Ridoff

Niklas Ridoff

Sweden, CEO

Niklas fell in love with wine along his journey and never looked back. Niklas has acquired his WSET 3 and worked for the Swedish monopoly on the sales team. Niklas hails from an international background, as he has lived in Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Niklas has a soft spot for white Riojas, mineral-rich Sicilian wines, and peppery Greek reds. He hopes to bring wines from new and unfamiliar regions into focus.

The Team

Tamta Bankanashvili

Tamta Bankanashvili

Content & SEO Manager, Georgia

Tamta is from Georgia, like wine itself. She is a yong tourism professional and wine lover. She has completed her M.A. in Planning and Management of Tourism Systems at the University of Bergamo in Italy and recently received her WSET level 3 award in wines with a proud distinction.

Favorite Wine: Condrieu
Favorite Region: Chianti in Italy
Andrii Savchenko

Andrii Savchenko

Business Manager, France

Andrii is a challenger and a problem solver. He has a rich educational background in Business and Wine Tourism. His life in numbers: 1 PhD in process, 3 Masters, 4 languages and 28 countries visited. Andrii believes that the best way to spread the wine culture is by building a strong e-network and multidimensional digital presence.

Favorite Wine: Vinho Verde
Favorite Region: Catalonia
Ana Bonatto

Ana Bonatto

Communications Manager, Portugal

Born in Brazil to an Italian-roots family, Ana shares her love with wines, music, and outdoor adventures, as you might find her running or skateboarding. She is also a young agronomical engineer who fell in love with the wine world when studying in Portugal. The Douro Region gave her intense love and in vineyard experience.

Favorite Wine: Amarone della Valpolicella
Favorite Region: Douro
Alessia Casali

Alessia Casali

Social Media Manager, Germany

Wine made Alessia change her path of studies and the Master in Wine Marketing was the beginning of her new life. With a passion for travelling and discovering, she looks forward to learning of the international wine culture working at Winetourism. As a very predictable Italian story, she loves to cook, trying to find the perfect wine match every time.

Favorite Wine: Nero d`Avola
Favorite Region: Etna Wine Region
Mari Abramishvili

Mari Abramishvili

SEO Content Writer, Gerogia

Mari is a wine lover, she has a Master's degree in Digital Marketing and is excited to share her expertise. Wish years of experience working as a Copywriter and SEO Content Writer, she is eager to produce quality content around the winetourism industry. Her curios personality pushes her to constantly discover new things and develop he skills. During her free time, Mari likes to point contemporary art, read books, and watch movies.

Favorite Wine: Pinot Blanc
Favorite Region: Alsace
Aakash Jha

Aakash Jha

Profile Creation Manager, Nepal

Aakash has completed his master's English Literature. He was a theatre practitioner before joining WineTourism.com. He now manages the profile creation team and ensures that wineries' profile look cool and elegant. In his spare time, he enjoys watching and participating in theatre plays, reading, hiking and swimming.

Favorite Wine: Moscato d'Asti
Favorite Region: Piedmont
Francesca Lamantea

Francesca Lamantea

Content Writer, France

Francesca graduated in 2021 with a Master’s in Planning and Management of Tourism Systems at the University of Bergamo and she speaks four languages: Italian, English, French, and German. Francesca continually captures everything with her camera and shares her favourite spots on Instagram, which has inspired her to write her master thesis on the role of influencers in the tourism industry.

Favorite Wine: Lambrusco
Favorite Region: Loire Valley
Momish Manandhar

Momish Manandhar

Office Manager, Nepal

Momish is from Nepal and has a passion for wine. He did his Master’s in Italian Food and Wine at the University of Padova in Italy. Although a food and wine student, he has experience in business development and is always eager to expand his knowledge. He likes graphics design and writing during his free time. It is this desire to learn that brought him to Stockholm and to be part of the team.

Favorite Wine: Franciacorta
Favorite Region: Veneto
Laura Seidanova

Laura Seidanova

Content Writer, Kazakhstan

After completing her MSc in Food Science in Budapest, she found her professional path in winemaking. Her love of literature and wine made for a great combo in writing about wine to a broader audience. Luara has a photographic eye and loves identifying plants during hikes in nature. As a person from a nomadic land, she loves horse riding and drinking camel milk. She plans to explore the world's indigenous wine grapes and make her own wine.

Favorite Wine: Kekfrankos
Favorite Region: Sancerre
Nistha

Nistha

Booking Representative, Nepal

Nistha is currently working as Booking and Customer Service Representative at Winetourism.com. She is very passionate about her job, she likes to handle different types of customers and be busy at work. She also loves travelling to different Nepalese places, in fact, she has already visited Gosaikunda, Managing and Mardi Himal. Besides work and travelling, she likes to hunt different coffee shops in Kathmandu and Lalitpur.

Favorite Wine: Prosecco
Favorite Region: Provence
Jozsef Burgyan

Jozsef Burgyan

Lead Developer, Poland

A Hungarian from heart, Jozsef has travelled to several places and been in Poland since the last 9 years. Although having obtained a degree in Physics, it was information and technology that had his attention from the very start. He created his first website as a kid and he had found his calling, then.This multilingual man can speak Hungarian, Italian, English and Polish. Besides being so multitalented, Jozsef likes to do scuba diving, sailing, traveling and dj-ing.

Favorite Wine: Barbaresco
Favorite Region: Piedmont