Marc Lazar, President
As president of our sister company, Cellar Advisors, Marc is especially familiar with the needs of wine collectors. He oversees a team that inventories an average of 20,000 bottles per month, as well as providing valuations, appraisals, acquisitions and liquidations.
These customers requests, in fact, were the inspiration behind the first facility in St. Louis, Missouri in 2005. Marc quickly grew the business into a full-service facility, gathering customers from 7 surrounding states to fill the space. Marc also oversees the pipeline of wine coming into and out of the facility, including consolidated deliveries from major wine vendors and sources through out the US and Europe.
email: marc@cellaradvisors.com
Katherine Lazar, Partner
Katherine brings her substantial management and organizational skills to the Domaine team.
As the brand manager of Cellar Advisors, she directs and created their luxury image and will further expand that image through our exciting new counterpart.
As well as being responsible for all the branding, public relations, and non-profit partnerships, Katherine also oversees the launch of our new facilities and works directly with the real estate, architecture, design and building teams to create each Domaine.
Before working with us, she was the brand manager of a boutique handcrafted retail and wholesale chocolatier.
email: katherine@cellaradvisors.com
Lauren Tuffli, Office Manager
Lauren joined our team in 2005, and has become an invaluable resource to our staff and clients. In short order she has mastered the unique logistic challenges of transporting rare wines, and coordinates our Cellar Management services, where we track and enter client purchases and invoice data. Lauren manages the offices of Cellar Advisors and Domaine St. Louis and Chicago. She can quickly resolve most billing and delivery discrepancies and has a contact list of back office staff at most major wine vendors that make collecting easy and accurate for our customers.
If the office phone goes to voice mail, you can bet that Lauren is at a St. Louis Cardinals game.
email: lauren@cellaradvisors.com
Christopher Klingenstein, Chicago Managing Partner
Christopher has been a knowledgeable resource and trusted colleague in many aspects of our growing business over the past 6 years. He has an extensive and diverse background with fifteen years experience in the restaurant and wine industry, and we are happy to finally have him on board. Christopher joined John Hart Fine Wine in 2002 and continued to be an integral part of the growing team with the founding of Hart Davis Hart shortly thereafter. Consulting on both the highly successful retail and auction sides of the business, he has had extensive experience with the finest and rarest wines. We are excited for him to manage the operations of our new facility in Chicago, IL.
When not enjoying a great bottle, he can either be found on the golf course honing his skills or spending time with his family and newborn son Brooks. email: christopher@domainewinestorage.com
