Our Team

Joe Briand

Sales/Fine Wine Specialist

Joe’s hospitality and wine career started as a member of the opening team at Herbsaint Restaurant in 2000 and continued over 14 years with the group as a manager and wine buyer. Most recently, Joe was the Wine Director at the Bywater institution, Bacchanal. During his time there he was part of the team that was a three-time Finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s “Outstanding Wine Program.” Joe loves Riesling, talking about how much cheaper Burgundy was back in the day and adding to his world class collection of wine T-Shirts. He joined Uncorked in 2022 as Fine Wine Specialist covering the entire state.