WineTourism.com
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The People Behind The Platform

Meet the whole team

Sommeliers, engineers, editors and partner managers — united by a love for wine and the journeys behind every bottle.

Executive Leadership

4 Members
Calle Nilsson

Calle Nilsson

Co-Founder & CEO

Sweden

Calle earned his master's in Marketing and Management from St Andrews in 2007 before spending more than a decade across IT, marketing, and hospitality. He channels that mix into WineTourism.com, shaping strategy, partnerships, and the traveller experience. A curious host by nature, he is happiest sharing stories with partners and guests around a long table.

Favourite Wine
Barolo
Favourite Region
Piedmont, Italy
Marcus Boström

Marcus Boström

Co-Founder & CTO

Sweden

Marcus began his entrepreneurial journey at Handelshögskolan Stockholm, building booking and e-commerce platforms from the ground up. At WineTourism.com he leads technical development, keeping the platform fast, reliable and a pleasure to use for wineries and travellers alike. Off-duty, he is a tireless tinkerer who treats every vineyard visit as a new system to reverse-engineer.

Favourite Wine
Riesling
Favourite Region
Mosel, Germany
Simon Källquist

Simon Källquist

Co-Founder & Head of Partnerships

Sweden

Simon became one of Sweden's youngest sommeliers in 2003 and went on to lead wine programmes at leading fine dining restaurants across Sweden and Norway. That hands-on service background shapes how he builds partnerships with wineries. He is most at home guiding a guest through a thoughtful pairing or walking a new partner through their first booking.

Favourite Wine
Champagne Blanc de Blancs
Favourite Region
Champagne, France
Niklas Ridoff

Niklas Ridoff

Advisor

Sweden

Niklas is WSET 3 certified and spent years on Sweden's monopoly sales team, sharpening an international palate along the way. He advises WineTourism.com on portfolio direction, championing lesser-known regions and distinctive growers. Outside work he is a persistent advocate for alpine and high-altitude wines, and the friend who always brings the most interesting bottle to dinner.

Favourite Wine
Nebbiolo
Favourite Region
Valtellina, Italy

Management

2 Members
Elena Rossi

Elena Rossi

Head of Content

Italy

Elena is a wine journalist turned editor who has covered European wine regions for more than a decade. At WineTourism.com she leads storytelling across guides, producer profiles, and the blog. She spends her weekends in Tuscan cellars, notebook in hand, collecting the small stories that never make the press releases.

Favourite Wine
Brunello di Montalcino
Favourite Region
Tuscany, Italy
Lucas Pereira

Lucas Pereira

Head of Growth

Portugal

Lucas built his career across travel marketplaces, scaling acquisition and retention programmes for global audiences. He now leads growth at WineTourism.com, focused on helping more wine lovers discover the right experience. A proud Portuenese, he can talk about Douro terraces and old vine field blends for longer than most people can politely listen.

Favourite Wine
Vintage Port
Favourite Region
Douro Valley, Portugal

Operations

2 Members
Amélie Laurent

Amélie Laurent

Partner Success Manager

France

Amélie grew up among the tuffeau cellars of the Loire and studied hospitality in Lyon before joining WineTourism.com. She works closely with partner wineries to make sure every listing reflects what makes the estate special. She is the person partners call when they need a thoughtful second opinion on an experience or price.

Favourite Wine
Chenin Blanc
Favourite Region
Loire Valley, France
Diego Martín

Diego Martín

Regional Lead, Iberia

Spain

Diego joined from a Rioja cooperative where he spent five years connecting small producers with international markets. He now leads partner relationships across Spain and Portugal, helping family estates present their stories with confidence. On any given weekend you are likely to find him driving dusty backroads in search of one more under-the-radar bodega.

Favourite Wine
Tempranillo
Favourite Region
Ribera del Duero, Spain

IT Department

2 Members
Jonas Lindqvist

Jonas Lindqvist

Lead Backend Engineer

Sweden

Jonas has spent a decade building booking and payments infrastructure for travel startups across the Nordics. At WineTourism.com he owns the core services that keep reservations, partners and travellers in sync. He is the calm voice in an incident channel and the first to suggest a glass of Côte-Rôtie when the postmortem is finally written.

Favourite Wine
Syrah
Favourite Region
Northern Rhône, France
Priya Raman

Priya Raman

Senior Frontend Engineer

India

Priya is a frontend engineer who has shipped consumer products at scale before turning her focus to travel. She leads the WineTourism.com web experience, obsessing over performance, accessibility and the small details travellers feel but rarely notice. Outside work she is slowly tasting her way through Austria's white wines, one Wachau visit at a time.

Favourite Wine
Grüner Veltliner
Favourite Region
Wachau, Austria
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