Category Archives: Wine
The Best White Burgundy in the World?
Hey, Burgundy lovers! Today is a real treat. We have a tiny parcel of arguably the best white Burgundy, from one of the most outstanding vintages available for you today. Fingers, start your clicking engines for 2015 Domaine Bonneau du … Continue reading
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Wine of the Week
New feature, check in Mondays where we will be featuring what we think our best deal of the previous week was. 2007 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay – 95 points R.P. Regular price $64.99 Deal price… $49.99 Here is another excellent deal on a beautifully … Continue reading
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Another Day In Graileys
By: Wineaux DLynn P Last night was another fun evening of tasting great producers from magnificent vintages. P-Rob decided to start the evening with a bottle of 1988 Mugneret Grands Echezeaux. Baked chocolate, dried plums, and a huge mineral component made this wine … Continue reading
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An Evening With Tenuta dell’Ornellaia
By: Wineaux DLynn P After a few tough days of moving pallets of prized and precious cargo, we were ready to treat our members and our own palates to an evening with Gina DellaVedova with Ornellaia. A beautifully set table … Continue reading
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La Spinetta in the Building
By: Wineaux DLynn P Last night marked a wonderful event with Giorgio Rivetti from Piedmont Piemonte and his La Spinetta wines. In a little less than a decade, Giorgio, owner and winemaker of La Spinetta in Barbaresco, has become one of … Continue reading
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From the Depths of Monsanto
By: Wineaux DLynn P Continuing on this wonderful journey of Super Tuscans, emmerges a wine from Fabrizio Bianchi, the Castello di Monsanto Tinscvil from 1985. Stories claim he was the first to add Cabernet to Sangiovese(though the della Rochettas may say different) and then marry the … Continue reading
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Installment 2: Gaia Gaja
By: D’lynn Proctor It is 9am, and after a Coke, 100 pushup’s, and a cafe americano(lotta caffeine), I am off to the padiglione of Lombardia. Now Lombardy is home to Italy’s own “champagne” known as Franciacorta, and some consider the great Franciacorta … Continue reading
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Verona Fiere #5
D’lynn Proctor This year marks my 5th visit to the World’s Largest Wine Fair and 1st as the Somme of the Elite Graileys team. Now for some of the readers who are unfamiliar or new to VinItaly, this is the … Continue reading
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It’s always an adventure with Robert Kamen Part I
AJ McClellan We love it when winemakers come into Graileys to regale us with their stories and impress us with their wines; however Robert Kamen is unique even in a world full of the most eccentric people I have ever … Continue reading
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