About Onshore Cellars
Built by yacht crew, for yacht crew
We met on a yacht in 2009. Since 2015 we have supplied wine and spirits to the world’s finest yachts from our cellar near Antibes.
Our story
We met on a yacht
We met in 2009 on a motor yacht, Ed as Second Officer and Jess as a stewardess. We spent many years travelling and working together on superyachts. Ed helped his captain with the purchasing for the wine cellar; Jess, who went on to become Chief Stewardess, was involved in buying and serving the wine on board.
In 2015 we swapped paddle boarding in the Bahamas for wine provisioning in Antibes. We started with a simple website, our contacts from working on yachts and a small amount of wine in our apartment.
Why we started
The supplier we wished we had
We have stood in the pantry at midnight trying to find a bottle of something that a guest asked for six hours ago. We have written wine lists under time pressure for guests arriving tomorrow. We have managed a yacht cellar through a 10-week season and watched it run out of the wrong things.
So we set out to build the business that was lacking when we were on board: one that is more customer-centric and focused on service. We built the tools we wish we had had, because we know what the interior team actually needs.
“We both understood the necessity for clarity, efficiency and honesty when ordering for superyachts.”
Jess Dunnett, co-founder, to Superyachts.com, October 2024
Why Antibes
A cellar minutes from the marinas
Our cellar is in Vallauris, just outside Antibes. It is eight minutes from Port Pierre-Canto in Cannes, fifteen from Port Vauban in Antibes and twenty-five from Port Hercule in Monaco. That is what makes same-day delivery possible in the peak charter season, and it puts us close to the négociants we buy from.
Our climate-controlled storage is minutes from Antibes too, so a yacht can leave its wine with us through a yard period and have it back aboard when the itinerary calls for it.
Onshore Cellars in numbers
- Founded by yacht crew
- 2015
- Vallauris, near Antibes
- WSET courses for crew
- 2016
- Levels 1, 2 and 3, on board, ashore or in villas
- Copies of ICONIC, first edition
- 1,500
- Printed and put on board top yachts
- To Cannes, Antibes, Monaco
- 8 · 15 · 25 min
- Minutes from our cellar to each port
The people
Meet the team
Founded by ex yacht crew and staffed with wine experts and people that make things happen.
Ed Dunnett
Co-founder and owner
Our former Second Officer. He won the Entrepreneur award at the ACREW Crew Awards in 2019.
“There’s a real joy in providing a service that not only meets but exceeds expectations.”
Jess Dunnett
Co-founder and marketing manager
Our former Chief Stewardess, who was involved in buying and serving the wine on board.
Joy
Administration
What we do
Wine and spirits for yachts
Wines, champagne, spirits, waters and soft drinks, delivered to superyachts at their berth.
Crew training
WSET Levels 1, 2 and 3 for yacht crew, on board, ashore or in private villas, since 2016.
Crew can also learn online for free in our Free Wine Academy.
Storage
Climate-controlled storage minutes from Antibes, documented and insured, for yachts between seasons and for private collectors.
Shows and events
Every September we are at the Monaco Yacht Show, delivering to superyachts at their berths and to exhibitor stands.
What you can count on
Honest advice
We will tell you honestly if your wine list is wrong for your guest profile, even when that is not the easy thing to say.
Ready before the show opens
At the Monaco Yacht Show we deliver well before the crowds arrive.
We have done your job
We have lived the 6am charter turnaround, the guest who changed their mind at 11pm and the customs drama in a new port.
What crews say about working with us
Every September
Our story at the Monaco Yacht Show
We deliver to superyachts at their berths and to exhibitor stands across Port Hercule.
Tell us about your yacht
A charter list, a cellar to stock, a crew to train or a stand at the show: tell us what you need.