Adeptos Wines: Crafting Excellence in Every Bottle

Richard joined the family business in 1987 transitioning a small “packaged goods" store into a Massachusetts fine wine & spirits chain. Always wanting to make and sell his own wines, he founded the wine importing company, Negociant Direct, in the early 2000's, negotiating and importing new wine brands from Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina and New Zealand, while offering “Winery Direct” delivery to Massachusetts retailers and restauranteurs.

In 2016 after selling the Cardoza's wine & spirits chain and Negociant Direct he moved to the Napa Valley with the dream of building a company with National presence using the same model as Negotiant Direct. While in Napa he rekindled and created new relationships while consulting on winery openings and other projects and while sourcing fruit for these projects met several winemakers and vineyard owners who would ultimately become the the grape source and winemaking team of Cardoza Family Wines.

Richard Cardoza - Proprietor