Robin Lail is the founder of Lail Vineyards, and co-founder of Dominus and Merryville Vineyards in Napa Valley. Lail was born in Oakland in 1940, grew up on the Inglenook wine estate in Rutherford, California, and was educated at Stanford University. Her great-granduncle was Gustave Niebaum, the founder of Inglenook and one of the early leaders of the California wine industry. Lail’s father, John Daniel Jr., sold Inglenook in 1964 but he remained an inspiration to Lail, who eventually established her own wine estate in his honor. In this interview, Lail discusses her father’s innovations; the role of numerous women in the wine business and philanthropic aspects of the wine industry; her key role in establishing and managing the first Auction Napa Valley in 1981; the Napa Valley Vintners; the effective branding of Napa Valley wine; and climate change and environmental stewardship by vintners in Napa Valley.