by Simon Roberts | Mar 19, 2013 | Fine Wine, Uncategorized
After a short spring break spent in the Big Apple, I was back to work last Friday and looking forward to a Graileys-style St. Patty’s celebration. The day started early with a 1994 Pichon Lalande shared around the table. This was a very elegant Lalande; perfectly... by Simon Roberts | Jan 29, 2013 | Fine Wine, Uncategorized
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 Mary F walked in with a... by Simon Roberts | Jan 14, 2013 | Fine Wine, Uncategorized
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. After hearing about the Graileys... by Simon Roberts | Jan 10, 2013 | Fine Wine, Uncategorized
By: AJ McClellan Last night was a true Graileys experience. Dave was in town and in typical fashion a slew of great wines were opened and drunk around the table while listening to some great tunes. We tasted 1991 Ridge Montebello, 1996 Leroy Pommard Les Vignots, 1997... by Simon Roberts | Jan 9, 2013 | Fine Wine, Uncategorized
We’ve all been there… we just need an irrefutable excuse to do our thing and traffic is the most common one and with the wet, rainy day that beset Dallas yesterday, the stage was set. First in was Bill S who walked into our owner Dave S hitting some imaginary golf...