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You Show Me Your I’ll Show You Mine Pre-Game

By: AJ McClellan The You Show Me Yours tastings are always a big hit, and more often than not the wines that are opened before and after the tasting would compete with the main event. This tasting was no different, … Continue reading

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You Show Me Yours I’ll Show you Mine.

By: AJ McClellan A brilliant list of wines each with a minimum market value of $500 to be included in the tasting, although some of the wines exceeded $2000 market value. Interestingly enough our wine of the night was more … Continue reading

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Members Appreciation Party

We had a great party last Thursday, the wine was flowing and the good times were rolling. We opened more bottles than I care to count, put out a great spread, and rocked out some outstanding juice. The Highlights of … Continue reading

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Turkey Wine

By: AJ McClellan We had a great tasting in preparation of the upcoming Thanksgiving Day feast. Of course we concentrated mainly around Pinot, a great turkey wine, but in true Graileys fashion we found some other great substitutes to have … Continue reading

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Domaine de Villaine and Vieux Telegraph After Party

By: AJ McClellan After the official tasting our members dug deep in their cellar to produce some real gems to offer up to these two producers of legendary wines… 1976 Jaboulet La Chapelle – Big bacon fat with tar, blood … Continue reading

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Jones Family Tasting After Party

By AJ McClellan After the tasting, as usual, we opened a few bottles… 2000 Guigal La Turque – Infanticide… Stinky forest floor with barnyard and chewy red liquorish on the nose. Blue and red fruits on the palate with a … Continue reading

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Night of the 95’s

By: AJ McClellan Every night is an adventure at Graileys and you never know what will be opened around the table. Today we had a small collection of members but each of them pulled a massive bottle. The wine to … Continue reading

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Fantasy Island

By: AJ McClellan When you walk into Graileys there is an atmosphere that swallows you, making you feel at home and relaxed. It is this atmosphere that has a way of making the hours pass like minutes creating a Las … Continue reading

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Domaine Leflaive

By: AJ McClellan Domaine Leflaive makes some of the best white wines in the world. Without doubt the complexity, elegance, structure, and balance that Leflaive is able to attain in their wines is remarkable. Leflaive has an interesting story that … Continue reading

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Dave is in town…

By: AJ McClellan There is something about the week that Dave comes into town that makes people want to come by and open fantastic bottles of wine. This week was off to a great start with Dave fresh off the … Continue reading

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