Graycliff wine cellar and humidor

Jane and Eric took a lay day (for the most part) and visited the Graycliff Inn with it’s amazing wine cellar which we felt privileged to receive a tour of. They have wine bottles from as old as 1727 which the steward showed us. Part of the wine cellar was used as a jail in the pirate days and he joked that if we were to be locked up here he would make sure we did not have a cork screw. We were very careful not to bump any of the 250,000 bottles of wine!

This was followed by a fabulous four course lunch meal with different wines for each course. First was Bahamian conch chowder and packet? wrapped fish with a Chilean chardonnay. In between the main courses a cool tart berry sherbet was served on a tiny spoon. Then the meat course, a lamb chop with vegetables, was accompanied by a Rothschild bordeaux. For desert we had cheesecake and another Rothschild special desert wine that I cannot remember the name of at that time… Just awesome.

Our dining room was the veranda of an old mansion that is almost 300 years old. The part of the living area is not air conditioned but our dining area was. We looked out over the lush gardens with Jasmine and Acacia trees. After lunch Jane and I walked in the garden which was steaming as if vents were keeping the foliage moist. It had just rained and now the sun was out.

We walked through the garden and headed over to the famous Graycliff Humidor. There they have 15 cigar makers hand rolling cigars. We walked right into the factory. Jane made me have a cigar. There were two men smoking cigars and working on laptops in the smoking room. They recommended the Chateau Grand Cru. I choose the Presidente size. It was a great smoke and I enjoyed their conversation. They were amazed by Jane and called her a keeper!

Later on Jane took a nap while Eric hauled the dinghy up to the main dock (hot and sweaty) and checked it for leaks (Bill, Eric and Mike narrowly survived a deflated dinghy ride in Fresh Creek) with soap and water. The soap and water makes air bubbles that you can see and hear. I only found one leak. It was the main valve and evidently we just didn’t have it tight enough. So now we have a working dinghy.

We finished the day with a nice sunset walk, looking at Atlantis and the very big mega yachts on the dock near us.

Eric