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An Afternoon Blind Tasting With Jeremy Nickel
Yesterday afternoon, Jeremy Nickel, son of the late Gil Nickel who was the founder of Napa’s classic estates Far Niente, Dolce and Nickel & Nickel, stopped by Graileys to showcase how his personal wine, The Vineyard House, would hold up … Continue reading
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Simon’s Badass Dinner
After a week of back to back fantastic events, I finally found time to take a quick minute to share with you the unbelievable bottles that we have opened last week. Last Thursday, the table was filled in the back … Continue reading
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A Dinner with California’s Most Wanted
My apologies for my little blog hiatus but I am back in the Big D, in my wine zone at Graileys and am in full swing! After an insane week in Philadelphia for the Court of Master Sommeliers Advanced Exam … Continue reading
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Great Wines and Good times.
By: AJ McClellan Yesterday was a good busy day, and as with all the busy days around here we popped some interesting and fun bottles of wine… We started with a personal favorite of mine, the 2002 Dauvissat Sechet Chablis, … Continue reading
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When the Hot is Away the Cab Will Come Out to Play
By:Ryan Tedder As often happens in Texas, the weather on Sunday was night and warm with the temperature in the 80s. The following day, in the 40s with frigid winds and precipitation. 40 degrees in a day! WTH? When … Continue reading
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Dom Perignon Tasting
By: AJ McClellan Last night we had a great tasting featuring Dom Perignon Champagne. We had the National brand ambassador come in and taste us on the 2004 Brut Dom Perignon, 2003 Rose Dom Perignon, 1998 P2 Dom Perignon, and 1976 … Continue reading
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Super Rich California Kids
By: Ryan Tedder Sometimes we might seem like hopeless Francophiles based on our blogs about consuming copious amounts of Bordeaux and Burgundy. We for every great bottle of Old World wines we consume at least one fantastic bottle of Californian … Continue reading
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Perfection in the Glass…
By: AJ McClellan Last week I had one of my favorite people stop in for a glass of wine with his wife for their anniversary, and boy what a glass of wine it was! A five year anniversary is a … Continue reading
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Hello Colgin My Old Friend
By AJ McClellan For Ivans birthday you know that we are going to push the boat out. It was a great Graileys day, only a few members in and a handful of great wines. Of course we had the table … Continue reading
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