Technology should serve the experience, not replace it
Entwine doesn't put a screen between a guest and a great meal. It makes the meal better — quietly, intelligently, in the background.
Entwine is a wine technology company built by people who sit on both sides of the table — diners frustrated by the gap between wine lists and cellars, and operators who understand the pressure of running a great restaurant. So we built both. The platform we wished existed.
Entwine doesn't put a screen between a guest and a great meal. It makes the meal better — quietly, intelligently, in the background.
We started in Malta. We think in Europe. We operate through people who know their markets — because the best wine culture is always local first.
As diners, we've been frustrated by the gap between wine lists and cellars. As operators, we know the pressure of running a great restaurant. Entwine was built from both.
It started at dinner. Daniel and I were at a newly opened Michelin-starred restaurant. They gave us a digital wine list. We selected a wine — out of stock. We selected another — out of stock again. We settled for our third choice.
Even at that level, the digital wine list had no connection to the actual cellar. If it was happening there, it was happening everywhere.
The next morning Daniel arrived with the idea fully formed: wine pairing built specifically for what a restaurant actually has. I stress-tested it from every angle. It held up. That moment became a wine app — and a surreal shower moment a few weeks later gave it its name. Entwine.
From a frustrating dinner to a live platform — here's how Entwine was built.
30+ years in brand strategy. Founder of Redorange, co-founder of Moving Ads, Cowfish, D4n6 and Rani — one of Entwine's founding club restaurants.
Tech lawyer, former CEO of HAUD, serial entrepreneur. A decade at Vodafone across Malta and Qatar. LL.D and Master's in Competition Law. Board member of MICAS.
MSc in AI, Microsoft Accelerator alumni. Previously built an AI trading platform shown at the Davos World Economic Forum. The intelligence behind the pairing engine.
WSET Level 2, 10+ years in hospitality across Malta and Hungary. Fluent in five languages. Leads onboarding and relationships across the club network.
DipWSET-qualified sommelier who guided the development of Entwine's pairing algorithm. Every recommendation the platform makes carries his expertise.
Entwine is a product of Cork & Code Limited, a Malta-based technology company building global wine technology from the Mediterranean.