Winemaker and Foodie superduo Ryan Levy and Ian Eastveld of Nice Winery are Certified Sommeliers, wine educators, and Le Cordon Bleu trained chefs. Their hand crafted, boutique wines are poured in top restaurants and have won gold medals in internationally recognized wine competitions. Ryan and Ian have built their epicurean pedigree while studying in Paris, France, directing culinary education for Viking, teaching cuisine to thousands of students at Central Market, and operating their restaurant and catering companies, Republic and Nuance. They make their wines from estate vineyards in Texas, Washington, Argentina, and California.  Their first vintage was 2007, and they look forward to celebrating 20 years of winemaking excellence.

Their passion for food and wine was shaped, in part, while living in France studying patisserie and cuisine over 25 yeras ago:

We were students at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, in the summer of 2000, living in a tiny flat above a boulangerie, fromagerie, and small wine shop. After a long day at cooking school we would take a baguette and a glorious hunk of cheese and go to see Claude in the wine shop. He never failed to pair the perfect wine with our afternoon snack, broadening our palates as we learned about each wonderful wine we tasted. Almost three decades and thousands of bottles later, we are delighted to extend the personal service and outstanding wine education we received from Claude to you.