Our Team

Todd Seaver, head winemaker at Vie Winery, originally joined the operation as assistant winemaker in 2005. Todd's overall focus is on delivering a wine that is delicious to drink alone but also a great accompaniment to a meal. He works closely with mainly cool-climate sites, focusing on Rhone varietals as well as Zinfandel, maintaining a relationship with the same vineyards year after year. His primarily aim is to create full wines with palate weight and good body, that have a sharp, bright acidity and sing with food.

Todd's focus on the wine/food relationship began during his 6 year tenure as a bartender in Boston where he had the opportunity to gain familiarity with one of the most expansive wine cellars on the East Coast, sampling an abundance of world-class wines from France and California. It was there that he was able to develop his palate, while learning about the relationship of wine with food and the importance acidity plays into the equation. He has remained focused on the food/wine relationship throughout his winemaking career.

In 1998 Todd began making wine at home in New England, getting grapes shipped across the country from Lodi. In just a few years he maxed out his home winemaking operation in terms of capacity and the quality he was able to achieve, and he set his sights on relocating to California where he could expand his winemaking potential. Luckily, a lawyer by trade, he was able to remain with his firm and transfer to the Bay Area in 2004. He immediately took advantage of his new residence, contracting for grapes before he had even found a place to live, and started utilizing Crushpad's custom crush facilities which happened to be near his office. It was there that he met Bryan Kane who shared a common passion and winemaking philosophy, and invited him to become part of Vie Winery.

Todd has been a part of VIE's journey's from a year after its start in the Mission in 2004, to its move to Treasure Island and expansion into its own Tasting Room in 2012. Along with this journey, Todd gained valuable experience while making wine at Copain Custom Crush where he was able to work alongside many great winemakers from the likes of DuMOL, Donum, Roessler Cellars, and Copain, of course. Later, Todd moved to Nicholson Ranch where several great wines were made including the famed Schrader Cellars. Today, Todd remains assistant winemaker for Bryan Kane and now heads up winemaking operations at VIE Winery – San Francisco's original urban winery.

Bryan Kane was formerly the original winemaker for VIE Winery and continues to be a consulting winemaker to VIE. Recently named as one of the Top 100 Winemakers in the World, making Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 List and producing the Top Rated Zinfandel of the Year. Recognized as one of the “Next Generation Cult Winemakers” by Sommelier Journal, Bryan’s non-interventionist technique has defined him as one of the pioneers in the “natural wine” movement.

Barry’s love of wine sparked him to found VIE Winery in 2004. Barry Dorf has worked in the games industry for more than 20 years. He’s currently the head of business development covering North America and EMEA for Amazon Game Tech. As an owner, Barry continues to lead business development efforts to establish VIE Winery’s distribution throughout the world.

Like the other members of VIE, it was the love of wine which brought Rachel to VIE. An experienced marketer, Rachel served in several marketing leadership positions over the years. Slightly after joining VIE Winery, Rachel lead marketing operations at Vinfolio severing as Vice President of Marketing. Rachel continues to lead the marketing operations at VIE Winery today.

Brianna is a former tech executive and serial entrepreneur as well as an avid wine enthusiast. Today, Brianna is CDO for a real estate developer focused on hotels and mixed-use projects. Brianna’s first entry into the wine industry was as an initial investor in Vino Volo and, shortly after, joined VIE Winery as a founding member. As a founder, Brianna continue to drive VIE Winery’s sales and marketing efforts today.