Lail Vineyards

Lail Vineyards to Host Vintner Dinner at 2015 Boston Wine Festival January 19, 2015

Robin Daniel Lail will host a Dinner on Friday, March 13th as part of the 26th anniversary of the Boston Wine Festival this year.  Lail Vineyards will be joining an all-star lineup of intimate winemaker hosted dinners, seminars and receptions at the country’s oldest running Food and Wine Festival.  Join Robin for what promises to be an absolutely perfect eve...

Robin Daniel Lail’s heritage began in 1879 with the founding of Inglenook Vineyards by her great -granduncle, the iconic Captain Gustav Niebaum.  By the early 1890s, this brilliant man’s obsession for achieving the pinnacle of excellence earned Inglenook wines the status of being considered by many as the finest produced in the country.

The determination to achieve excellence was carried forward through the decades following Niebaum’s ...

Mole Hill

Mole Hill is our three-acre Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard with loam soil approximately two feet deep. Planted in 1993 and 1994, it is nestled beside a gorge on Howell Mountain at 1700 feet with a western exposure.

The gorge acts as an elevator shaft from the valley floor, creating a unique microclimate for the vineyard. Small rocks are prolific and rise to the surface like cream in coffee. In combination with soil depth, this cre...

Robin Lail’s great-granduncle, Gustav Niebaum (originally Nybom), was born in Helsinki, Finland in August, 1842. The story of his early years is rich with fascination with the sea, Alaska and enterprise.

Starting with earning his Third Mate papers at 19, and culminating with the establishment of the Alaska Commercial Company in 1868, Niebaum’s endeavors were always coupled with a quest for perfection and extraordinary vision.

Niebaum had...