January 31, 1997 At Close Grange An intense tasting of 37 vintages reaffirms the reputation of Australia's greatest wine By Harvey Steiman Two days of Penfolds Grange is an exercise in excess. Some three dozen veteran wine tasters and collectors got to sample every vintage from 1955--the first to achieve renown in Australia--to the present at a two-day extravaganza in Los Angeles last October.
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