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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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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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