Scott Braunschweig

Scott founded The Artisan’s Cellar in 2009 after traveling to Italy on a wine & gourmet-focused family vacation where he experienced his “Wine Epiphany!”

Scott grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing Management at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He joined a leading manufacturer of CNC machine tools and received extensive sales engineering training before relocating to West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1980, where he progressed in sales management over the next 12 years.

Scott founded Automation Solutions Inc, a West Chester-based machine tool dealership, from scratch in 1992 and built a formidable portfolio of innovative products and services, becoming one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier machinery dealers for nearly 25 years.

After his wine epiphany and with extensive distribution experience, a keen interest in wine and fine dining, plus valued Italian wine contacts, Scott formed The Artisan’s Cellar in 2009 and serves as President. With the help of the professional team, Artisan’s has assembled an amazing portfolio of high-quality wines from small producers in Italy, France, Spain and other regions.

Artisan’s helped win approval from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to distribute wine in kegs through the PLCB’s Special (Liquor) Order Program in 2012, and realizing the huge potential for keg wines akin to the craft beer industry, Artisan’s expanded into a large winery, storage and distribution facility in 2014 to fill kegs with wine for national distribution.