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Pre-Super Bowl Party
My Friday started with the 1993 Opus One that Mike F wanted to toast the beginning of his weekend with. Incredibly complex bouquet of forest floor, wet earth, cedar, black cherries, blackcurrant with undertones of savory, dried herbs and … Continue reading
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Kinder Surprise
We have been knee-deep in doing inventory this week but no complaints here because when you’re putting your hands on every bottle, you invariably find orphaned ones just begging to be opened which just might rock your world. So we … Continue reading
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1995 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru ‘Clos des Ursules’
The Graileys class cafeteria was a bit quiet last Friday. I suppose most of our members were wined-out from the previous night’s simultaneous tastings of vintage First Growths in the front room and California Cabernets in the back room. Member … Continue reading
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Nothing New at Graileys
By: AJ McClellan Last night was an epic night at Graileys! We had a great tasting of California Cabernet in the back but our other members put on a show of their own in the front room… In the … Continue reading
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Thursday Flight
This was a proper precursor to last Friday’s Members Appreciation event. The handful of members we had in were in no mood to wait until Friday to pull a good bottle to share around the table. First in to inventory … Continue reading
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The Judgment of Graileys…
By: LA Perkel Last Friday was one for the books. Virtually every member walked in with a bottle for the first ever Judgment of Graileys. On the occasion of our annual Members Appreciation event, we thought introducing a blind tasting … Continue reading
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Road Trip
By Simon Roberts We headed out to Vaquero Country Club last night to do a private tasting with some members who reside at this is beautiful country club in Westlake, Texas. The cozy club house was the perfect setting for … Continue reading
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Unexpected Turn of Events…
By: AJ McClellan Last night was an interesting one at Graileys. We had a fun New World vs Old World wine tasting in which several members pulled out some great wines from France to match up against some wines from … Continue reading
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Finish like Tyson
By Simon Roberts The decadent wine indulgence continued on Thursday evening with Dave and his mate Mark Schwartz in town. Mark flew in from San Francisco after meeting Dave and member Brandon at a recent Golf Tourney at Spanish Bay. … Continue reading
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