Oeno Group

About Us

Oeno is more than just a group. It’s a dynamic and innovative entity that sets trends and reshapes the way investors enjoy the fine wine market. Our financial analysts and wine experts work seamlessly together to provide an exceptional level of service to our clients on a daily basis and offer exclusive access to the world’s most prestigious wines.

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Future

Our multi-award winning investment arm with a fully-managed service that is second to none. Our expert insider knowledge and investment expertise yield market-beating profits, putting us at the cutting edge of a fast-paced market.

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Trade

Whether you are a Michelin-starred restaurant, a discerning private collector, or part of the busy hospitality customer, OenoTrade’s personalised service supplies the finest of wines direct to your cellar.

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House

Our home, an inviting space for our clients and city workers to mingle with like-minded individuals. Here guests can enjoy the finest of wines in an elegant setting unrivalled anywhere in the city.

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Meet the team

Daniel Carnio

Daniel was born into the world of wine, taking his first sip aged 6 and helping with the harvest in his grandfather’s vineyards. After studying enology under Professor Mario Fregoni, Daniel made wine under the late, great Gianfranco Soldera and worked as a sommelier at Michelin-starred restaurants before setting up his first wine investment company in his late twenties. As Oeno’s director, Daniel’s encyclopaedic knowledge of wine and exceptional industry contacts benefit all parts of the group.

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Daniel Carnio

CEO & Co-Founder

Daniel Walker

Daniel Walker has a real knack for analysing markets and utilising their unpredictable nature to benefit OenoFuture’s clients. After honing his skills in trading houses, hedge funds and asset management in the City, Daniel had his eureka moment in a London wine bar and realised the incredible potential of the fine wine market. As Head of Investment and Oeno Co-Founder, Daniel’s industry-leading advice maximises annual returns and enables our clients to consistently reap rich rewards.

Daniel Walker

Head of Investment

Justin Knock MW

Justin Knock has the rare distinction of being one of the few Masters of Wine to pass the notoriously tough exams first time round in 2010. He has held a number of high-profile roles in the wine industry such as UK Director of the California Wine Institute. With extensive experience in wine production, distribution and marketing, Justin brings a wealth of industry expertise as Oeno’s Head Wine Analyst and resident expert on the New World specialising in Australian and Californian fine wines.

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Justin Knock MW

Head Wine Analyst

Olivier Gasselin

Olivier Gasselin has been in the wine trade since 2001 with his career taking him all over the globe as head sommelier and wine buyer for restaurant groups like D&D London and Hakkasan. Olivier was awarded Best Sommelier in the Middle East three times, also winning the Sommelier Wine Challenge at Imbibe Live 2016, before completing his WSET Diploma in 2018. As Head of OenoTrade Olivier manages buying and supplier relations, using his extensive contacts to keep everything running smoothly.

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Olivier Gasselin

Head of OenoTrade

Alice Longhurst-Jones

Alice Longhurst-Jones fell for wine on a month-long trip to Argentina which turned into a three-year love affair. After completing her WSET Level 3 and graduating with a BA in Liberal Arts she has worked for several London wine merchants as well as wine companies in Spain and Argentina, gaining wide-ranging experience in purchasing, sales, and marketing. She is now returning to her creative roots as Oeno’s Head of Marketing.

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Alice Longhurst-Jones

Head of Marketing.

Mike Heffernan

Mike Heffernan started working in the City in the 1980s, advancing quickly to become a dealer and then a broker in 1988. For 10 years he pursued a very successful career in broking for the highly acclaimed Harlow’s International & Spot CHF desks before turning his attention on the Asian market. Now Mike uses his wealth of experience, impeccable market analysis and financial acumen to help Oeno to stay ahead of the game in his role as Head Financial Analyst.

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Mike Heffernan

Head Financial Analyst

Nicola Merighi

Nicola Merighi’s Italian roots led him to an early interest in wine, although it wasn’t until he began to work for a high-profile gastropub in London that he discovered his true calling. He honed his wine skills and knowledge at private members’ clubs and top London restaurants including Hakkasan Mayfair where he worked as Head Sommelier for several years. Passing his WSET exams up to Level 3 in wine, Nicola puts his wine knowledge and on-trade contacts to good use working for OenoTrade.

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Nicola Merighi

Trade Manager

Daniele Napoletano

Daniele was raised in a family of hugely successful role models. His father is an acclaimed international hotelier which helped to expose Daniele to the world of gastronomy and fine wine from a tender age. By the age of 18, Daniele had already acquired an extensive understanding of the fine wine market. He then studied economics at UCL and went on to become a high flyer at some of London’s leading luxury asset management companies.

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Daniele Napoletano

Head of Investment Italy

Matt Panton

Matt Panton has been in the accountancy profession for over 15 years, with a specialism and passion for the food, drink and hospitality industries. As CFO of Oeno Matt safeguards the financial health of the business and ensures that investors and clients can be looked after to the exacting standards set by the company founders.

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Matt Panton

Chief Financial Officer

Events, Seminars & News

03/08/2020

Oeno Presents Loic Pasquet of Liber Pater

Earlier this year we spoke to Loic Pasquet about what makes his Liber Pater wines so sought after. His record-breaking Bordeaux wines boast a five-figure release price and enjoy a cult following amongst collectors worldwide. Loic’s controversial project seeks to recapture the original taste of Bordeaux using forgotten grape varieties which are no longer permitted by the Bordeaux…

Fine Wine Shines During Summer of Discontent: Oeno Market Report July 2020

“How enjoyable will the summer be?” writes Oeno’s Head Financial Analyst, Mike Heffernan. “With the total number of COVID-19 infections passing 14 million and over 600,000 deaths to date, the spectre of furloughed workers being laid off, Chinese relations with the West deteriorating rapidly and corporate earnings declining, it does not look like a very…

Monumental New Release From The Coppolas: Inglenook Rubicon 2013

Founded by a Finnish sea captain in the 1870s and today owned by the Coppola family, the Inglenook story is steeped in romance and celebrity stardust. The Coppolas purchased the estate in the 1970s with profits from The Godfather films and have spent the last few decades restoring this iconic estate to its former glory….

Penfolds Sets New Auction Record For Australian Wine

A bottle of Penfolds Grange 1951 has just sold for AU$103,555 (£57,576) at auction, setting a new record for the most expensive bottle of Australian wine ever sold. One of less than 20 bottles of the 1951 still in circulation, the extremely rare bottle sold to an unknown buyer from Melbourne at Langton’s 24th Penfolds’…

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