Long time friends Steve Nordhoff, Laurie Gray and Dean Gray had been coming to the Napa

Valley from their homes in Orange County for years; enjoying the restaurants and buying

boutique wines while visiting with their winery friends and winemakers. In 2005 Dean and

Laurie purchased a home in Rutherford near the Napa River (Riverain). One night, after a

memorable dinner at Press with friend Thomas Brown, the idea came to create a brand of

their own. Thomas told them about a great vineyard he was working with in Oakville that

was coming available and the next day the four of them walked the Tench Vineyard next to

Screaming Eagle, signed the contract and Riverain was born. 

Today, they produce around 600 combined cases of that same Tench Vyyd, Cabernet along with a Silver Eagle Pinot Noir on the Sonoma Coast and Sauvignon Blanc form the Gamble Ranch in Yountville, labeled using Laurie Gray’s photographs. 

This is an absolute “rockstar” producer and we are thrilled to be representing them..

RIVERAIN