LAURE LEVESQUE

President & Chief Tasting Officer

A French native, Laure has been fortunate enough to grow up in a family strongly connected to wine, with vineyards in several wine regions in France, and for whom wine truly defines a way of life.

After a 20-year career in the corporate world as an International Marketing Executive, at Procter and Gamble/Nivea/Coty/L’Oréal, Laure decided to create Queen of Wines LLC out of passion. Her company’s mission is to connect wine lovers in the US with smaller family-owned estates who have been producing highly sustainable, authentic wines for generations.

She started to source, import, and distribute a curated selection of “gem wines” from a variety of terrors and appellations, in France/Italy/Germany/USA. Laure and her team are dedicated to expanding wine lovers’ palate, inviting them to create fond memories on a personal journey to the heart of the vineyards.

ARWEN BUCHHOLZ 

Operations Manager

A native of North Carolina, Arwen has spent nearly 2 decades managing programs and operations. As Operations Manager for Queen of Wines her responsibilities are multi-faceted. She works to ensure the importing and distribution of our wines is efficient both in time and cost so that we may bring the best value possible to our customers. She also manage warehouse operations (inventory, reporting, receiving) as well communications with vendors and customers.

JANE ELLIS 

Regional Wine Ambassador

Following an early retirement from management in the U S Postal Service, Jane followed her love of wine into a second career. She worked with Beaufort Wine and Food Inc, bringing her organizational and customer service skills to expand that non-profit organization, and established their retail wine store, doing weekly tastings and monthly wine seminars.

Jane now joins the Queen of Wines team as a Wine Ambassador. A Beaufort resident, she allows us to maintain close contact with our coastal partners and grow our business in that region.

BILL COX 

Coming soon!