Camille Benitah
Consulting Winemaker

Camille Benitah first started her career at the French National Institute of Agronomy, where she studied plants and soil interaction. Her work brought her around Europe, including laboratory research projects in the Netherlands. But her lifelong passion for wine brought her back to her native Bordeaux, where she learned viticulture and enology at Chateau La Tour Blanche in Bommes. During and upon graduating she worked as various capacities at several large and small wineries and vineyards in Bordeaux (Chateau Myrat, Chateau Chainchon). Camille has worked as assistant winemaker at Merus since 2003 and was recently named head winemaker there.

Kian Tavakoli
Winemaker

Kian most recently was the winemaker at Clos Du Val where he ran their red wine program – including their highly-acclaimed reserve bottling. Before joining Clos Du Val in 1996, Kian spent four years learning cabernet winemaking at Opus One. With over 10 years of winemaking, operations and viticultural experience, Kian brings a stellar combination of sensory and production skills to Deguello.