Antoine Ferland · Montreal
Antoine Ferland spent eleven years on the floor of Montreal dining rooms, the last six directing a cellar of twelve thousand bottles.
He has built and rebuilt private cellars across Quebec and the Northeast, and he reads a cellar list the way an accountant reads a ledger: quickly, and for what is missing.
Édouard Savignac · France
Édouard Savignac is an oenologist. Trained in Bordeaux, he spent nineteen vintages between the cellar and the laboratory, first inside producing estates, then advising private collections across France and Switzerland.
He works on the technical side of keeping wine: how a bottle ages, when a window opens, and what a storage record says about what is inside.
What a private session covers
Thirty minutes, twice a year with every membership, and four times a year at the Jeroboam tier. Booked when you want them. Members use them for four things:
- Cellar reviewYou send the list ahead. They tell you what is peaking, what is fading, and what you are over-weighted in.
- Buying directionWhat to add given what you already hold, at the budget you actually spend.
- Drinking windowsThe single most common request: when do I open this.
- One specific decisionOne bottle, one case, one allocation offer, one answer.
What they will not do
They will not value your cellar, authenticate a bottle, or tell you what will appreciate. They advise on wine, not on investments. That line is the definition of the service, not a limit on it.
Their role in the program
The sommeliers lead the first conversation at every group's opening session, hold the private sessions, and review every certification record. Belmour forms the groups, runs the program and the Room, organizes the events, manages certification, and supports members.