Our team
Of course, great wine is teamwork, what else?
From the vine to the glass, quality is created where craftsmanship, experience, and attitude work together – like voices in a suite. Our team combines agronomic precision, quiet care in the cellar, clear processes, and a cultural attitude where wine and music listen to each other.
This is how the calm and depth you find in our wines are created.
Marc Ruhland – Owner & Winery Management
Profile.
Formerly co-founder of All-In-Group GmbH, Marc brings entrepreneurial spirit, process clarity, and digital excellence to winemaking. His vision: scaling without losing identity. This attitude shapes LaSuite – from precise annual planning to refining the individual wine characters. Marc directs the transformation of the historic estate into a coherent brand world where aesthetics, content, and customer experience seamlessly intertwine.
Responsibilities.
- Strategy, brand architecture & portfolio management
- Team leadership & lived quality culture
- Global partner network & business development
Motto: A great experience emerges when vision and detail resonate in harmony.
Bruno Jammy-Fonbeney – Vineyard Manager
Profile. Grounded in craftsmanship, with a strong agricultural background: Bruno combines gentle soil cultivation, canopy management, and biodiversity with modern monitoring. The goal is vital vines, deep roots, and grapes with natural intensity – the foundation for elegant wines.
Responsibilities.
- Pruning & cycle planning, canopy & water balance
- Measured plant protection, promotion of beneficial insects
- Harvest logistics & grape quality in the vineyard
Motto: The rhythm of the year dictates the tempo of our quality.
Stéphane Apelbaum – Winemaker (Direction Œnologique)
Profile. A precise stylist with a feel for finesse and balance. Thinks from the perspective of taste: grape ripeness instead of alcohol content, structure instead of effects, assemblage as composition. Bi-annual tasting cycles with an internal panel and external oenologists ensure drinkability and continuity.
Responsibilities.
- Harvest and ripeness decisions, white & red & rosé vinification
- Barrel & tank management, assemblage
- Sensory quality assurance & maturation testing
Motto: Like a suite – lead the movements clearly, in the end everything must resonate.
Mario Crespo – Finance & Administration
Profile. Structured, forward-thinking, service-oriented: Mario ensures that numbers, processes, and supply chains stay in sync – from procurement to customs/export, from price lists to club accounting. Well-planned operations give the wine the necessary peace and quiet.
Responsibilities.
- Budget & Controlling, Purchasing & Supplier Management
- Compliance (e.g., Organic/HVE), Export Formalities
- Club and Shop Processes, Invoicing
Motto: Good organization is the quiet accompaniment to great wines.
Jean Commet –
Vineyard & Cellar
Profile.
The quiet pacemaker. Jean lays the foundation for quality outdoors through pruning and organic protection. In the cellar, he seamlessly continues this meticulous approach: He is not only the guardian of hygiene but also performs the daily extraction work – pumping over, bâtonnage, and racking – with the same artisanal precision as he maintains our machinery.
Responsibilities.
- Pruning, soil cultivation, and organic vine protection
- Cellar work: Pumping over, bâtonnage, racking & hygiene
- Maintenance and upkeep of harvesting and cellar machinery
Motto: Pure notes arise from daily precision.
Dursun Uregin –
Animals, Forest, Green Spaces & Construction Projects
Profile. LaSuite's "set designer". Dursun takes care of the ecological balance away from the vines: he maintains the forest, park, and animals, creating a vibrant habitat. At the same time, he secures the substance of the estate. Whether it's maintaining historical buildings or new construction projects – Dursun finds the right solution for every craftsmanship challenge.
Responsibilities.
- Maintaining biodiversity: upkeep of forests, parks, and green spaces
- Caring for animals and ecological compensation areas
- Implementing construction projects and maintaining buildings
Motto: A living ecosystem is the resonance chamber for quality.
Yohan Marty –
Keller & Technik (Chai)
Profil. Praktiker mit feinem Sensorium: Yohan übersetzt die Linie des Weinmachers in tägliche Entscheidungen – Gärkurven lesen, Temperaturfenster halten, Remontage mit Gefühl, Fasspflege mit Geduld. Leise Eingriffe, saubere Arbeit, klare Ergebnisse.
Verantwortung.
- Gärführung & Hygiene, Remontage/Pigeage
- Abstiche & Klärung, Fass-/Tankmanagement
- Mikro-Sauerstoff & Stabilität, technische Audits
Leitmotiv: Sorgfalt in jeder Bewegung – damit der Wein frei sprechen kann.
Mico Lechat –
Leiter Schlangenabwehr und Napfkultur
Profil. Mico ist nach langen Weltreisen im zarten Alter von vier Jahren auf eigenen Wunsch zu LaSuite gestoßen und residiert seither in unserem Atelier – mit direkter Berichtslinie an den Futternapf.
Musikalisch bevorzugt er das Adagio (Brahms vor Sonnenaufgang), strukturiert seine Powernaps nach der 25-Minuten-Pomodoro-Methode und gilt als zertifizierter Experte für Laserpunkt-Verfolgung, Flaschenkartons dienen ihm als mobile Beobachtungsposten – und wenn irgendwo ein Korken rollt, ist Mico bereits im Einsatz.
Verantwortung.
- Schädlingsprävention & Fassschutz: Auditierte Feldmausfreiheit im Chai und rund um die Holzfässer.
- Perimeterkontrollen: Nacht- und Dämmerungsrunden zwischen Reben und Keller.
- Napfkultur & Zeiterfassung: Pünktliche Fütterungs-Reminders
- Sicherheitsdienst „Rolling Cork“: Soforteinsatz bei rollenden Korken, Bändern und losen Kisten.
Leitmotiv: Ein leises Schnurren ist das beste Noise-Cancelling.