Founder
Hardy McQueen
Started Nice to bring a new generation of South African winemaking into everyday food, music and social life.
Our Story
WHY NICE
EXISTS.
Nice began in 2020 with a reason to do South African wine differently. Founder Hardy McQueen, a chef turned beverage entrepreneur, set out to build contemporary South African wine culture — not another version of the traditional Cape estate.
How Nice Is Made
A FOUNDER. A ROTATING CAST OF WINEMAKERS. NOT ONE ESTATE.
Nice is a collaborative model — a founder working with independent partner winemakers on each wine, rather than one house style from one estate.
Partner Winemaker
Kiara Scott-Farmer
Collaborates on the bottled range — low-intervention, small-batch, grounded in real provenance.
Winemaker On Say Less & Leave It With Me →Where Nice Sits
CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN WINE, ON PURPOSE.
Nice deliberately skips the traditional Cape wine visual language for something more current — built for the way people actually eat, drink and socialise now.
THAT’S THE SHORT VERSION.
The rest is in the glass.
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