Seminars and company events
Flag Hill Distillery & Winery in Lee, New Hampshire, hosts weddings, corporate gatherings and private parties for up to 300 guests outdoors and up to 80 in its indoor dining room. The estate combines a vineyard, a winery and a distillery on 110 acres of conservation land, and runs its events with an in-house kitchen and two on-site coordinators.
Company bookings cover breakfast meetings, corporate lunches, business open houses, team training days, team-building retreats and holiday parties. Each event gets a custom menu from the executive chef with full-service catering. For a client dinner or a team outing, the draw is the product made on site: guests can taste the wines and spirits produced a few steps from the table, which gives a corporate evening a natural theme.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place mainly in summer and fall, in an outdoor tented facility by the vineyard, with the vines as the backdrop for the ceremony and photographs. In winter, smaller weddings and receptions move indoors to the Post & Beam Dining Room. The venue also hosts anniversaries, birthdays and holiday celebrations, and its coordinators handle planning from the first inquiry to the day itself.
Rooms and capacities
The outdoor tented venue takes up to 300 guests and is the main space for large weddings and summer company events. The Post & Beam Dining Room is the indoor alternative, for up to 80 guests, and is used mostly during the colder months. The site does not state whether these figures are seated or standing, so confirm the layout with the events team. The estate also has a tasting room with a deck and a vineyard view cafe.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms at the winery. The venue points guests to RiverCrest Villas, a separate property listed on its site, and hotels in the surrounding towns cover larger groups.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The executive chef designs a menu for each event, and the team provides full service, from breakfast meetings to seated wedding dinners. Wine and spirits come from the estate's own production, so the bar list can be built around the house range.
History and setting
Flag Hill describes itself as the oldest distillery in New Hampshire. The estate lies on 110 acres of conservation land, with rows of vines and open views around the buildings. The setting is rural and quiet, and the property is open every day, year-round, for tastings, which gives guests a reason to arrive early or stay after an event.
Getting there
The address is 297 North River Road, Route 155, Lee, NH 03861. Durham, home of the University of New Hampshire, is close by, and its Durham-UNH station is served by the Amtrak Downeaster between Boston and Maine. Portsmouth International Airport at Pease and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport are the nearest airports, with Boston Logan further south.
