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Just Another Tuesday at Graileys

Graileys going up… on Tuesday… Popping HB and Lafite on a Tuesday… All rapping aside, we had a phenomenal evening at Graileys with our dearest members opening not only the old and rare, but also the new and exciting wines … Continue reading

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Mid Week Bubbles and Burg

We started the week with spectacular bubbles, great friends and a flight of exceptional Champagnes. Krug is King here at Graileys and a bottle of 2000 Krug vintage brut was no doubt one of the first knockouts of the week. … Continue reading

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An Extraordinary Evening with Penfolds and Our Old Friend D’Lynn Proctor

Last week we were honored to welcome back our dear old friend D’Lynn Proctor of Penfolds wines for an extraordinary evening tasting through Penfolds’ iconic wines, featuring a special vertical of their flagship Bin 95 Grange. Penfolds Grange needs no … Continue reading

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Gran Reserva Kind of Night

Last week we had an honor to host Kathy Simpson and our very own Ivan the Fiver as they shared with us a fantastic lineup of Cabernets from vines all of which are planted and managed by our dear friend … Continue reading

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Strong Start for 2016!

One month down and it has already been an amazing new year. With exciting tastings behind us from Robert Foley’s annual visit to an exclusive Gaja luncheon to many more stellar bottles of true fine wines, we have been on … Continue reading

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Great Friday Lineup

By: AJ McClellan Great beginning to the night! The Domaine Leflaive is stunning, as usual, a little tight but still showing expressive Lemmon, limestone, quince and Asian pear. The 1996 Pichon is again stupendous! Needing a hour to decant but … Continue reading

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From Champagne to Bordeaux, A Magical Journey

By: AJ McClellan These two wines are just fantastic! The 1983 Cristal is almost flat but with incredible depth of character… Slaps of limestone slathered with honey and roasted quince fill the imagination when tasting this bottle. There are also … Continue reading

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A Quick Taste

By: AJ McClellan Crazy night. I only got a small taste of the wines, but they were fantastic!!! The 89 Peteus was probably the wine of the night with spearmint, forest floor, blackberry, and plum. The 94 Colgin Herb Lamb … Continue reading

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Wine Reflections and Resolutions

Not sure about you, but for me, this year flew by in a flash!  My first year at Graileys has been one hell of an oeno-dream with eye-opening wine experiences of mind-boggling, bucket-list kicking, unicorn finding, palate-growing wines; but most … Continue reading

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Graileys Holiday Party!!

What a crazy night!!! It’s not a party until you bring out the big guns and we did last Thursday for our members for this year’s Graileys’ Holiday Party!  As a 3 Liter bottle of 2014 Azur Rose was splashing … Continue reading

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