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How Can The Night Get Any Better?
By: AJ McClellan Great beginning to the day! The 2009 Leroy d’Auvenay les Narvaux is a experience in a glass, absolutely amazing! Toasted popcorn with corn nuts leap from the glass, exploding on the nose. The toast is so powerful … Continue reading
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A First Growth by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet
By: AJ McClellan A first growth is always a special treat. They are some of the most coveted wines in the world and they always have a special mystique when the bottle hits the table. Yesterday, we not only got … Continue reading
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Love at First Sip
Last Friday was one for the books… again. There was a parade of awesome juice opened last Friday that these wines below are just the highlights of that evening. Simon was in the UK for about a month and I … Continue reading
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Fat Tuesday
By Simon Roberts Holy Schnikes was the phrase of the day yesterday as a slow day very quickly turned into a Graileys classic. A nice little deal was struck on a small collection of Leroy wines mid-afternoon. As part of … Continue reading
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Jamonero at Graileys
By Simon Roberts When a member walks in with a whole leg of Jamon Iberico over his shoulder and there is a 2007 Guigal Cote Rotie ‘La Mouline’ already open, you know it is going to be a good … Continue reading
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You Show Me Yours!!
By: AJ McClellan Friday night was our quarterly You Show Me Yours I’ll Show You Mine tasting. The tasting was more epic than usual as we had several winners from previous tasting in the lineup. It was a tight race … 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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Recently tasted: 1970 Les Forts by Château Latour
RT @dobianchi Does anyone remember Baudelaire’s macadam? That’s what this wine smelled like: tar, pitch, goudron, asphalt… I’m not one for blind tasting but this is one of those wines, we all agreed, that you would pick out as Bordeaux … Continue reading
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