DRC lottery

None of the DRC wines have landed in Ontario yet.

rosengoo posted:

None of the DRC wines have landed in Ontario yet.

oh no? how does this info get obtained? thanks for letting me know

Work for Halpern 

Any updates?

Anxious to get that 0 allocation email?  ha...

Wouldn't you place an order anyway?

The lottery email is scheduled for Thursday.

My wife says that she never wins a lottery and I know why. Because she never buys one.   Let's place an order. Who knows. Thank you, ROSENGOO.

Happy to help and good luck.  There will be 4 types in the lottery.

Potentially delayed a week.

No Echezeaux or Grands Echezeaux at all this year - to go along with no RC. Due to the small vintage in 2016?

No E or Grands E, due to the hail in 2016.  

Just for fun, put in an order but I won’t get any given my address.

Wil we hear before the 72 hours is up - or will the LCBO take forever like they did with the bourbon lottery?

Garthdiesel posted:

Wil we hear before the 72 hours is up - or will the LCBO take forever like they did with the bourbon lottery?

probably take a while... i was told there were over 35,000 entries for the bourbon allocation (that's per bottle) which caused the delay... i then said "surely the DRC lottery cant attract the same volume"... the rep at Vintages said that in fact does, sometimes even more.... i didn't think there was that many people interested in $1,000+ bottles of wine!

Ciccio10 posted:

Garthdiesel posted:

Wil we hear before the 72 hours is up - or will the LCBO take forever like they did with the bourbon lottery?

probably take a while... i was told there were over 35,000 entries for the bourbon allocation (that's per bottle) which caused the delay... i then said "surely the DRC lottery cant attract the same volume"... the rep at Vintages said that in fact does, sometimes even more.... i didn't think there was that many people interested in $1,000+ bottles of wine!

We had a DRC Grand Eschezeau at the Granite Club with a group of Forum winos a while back and it was definitely worth the ~$600 price tag.

mimik posted:

Just for fun, put in an order but I won’t get any given my address.

if you do get an allocation I will pick it up for you... 

Nada. 

Is Vintages Shop Online down for maintenance literally every single morning at this time?

chard posted:

mimik posted:

Just for fun, put in an order but I won’t get any given my address.

if you do get an allocation I will pick it up for you... 

I got an allocation of Zero. I’ll send you my coordinates 

Zero, nada, zilch, i.e. the usual. 

nada 

Pains me to say, but for the first time in three years I was shut out. 

nothing! 

Myself and 5 other family/friends shut out. I assume there weren’t many bottles this year because of the small 2016 vintage and lack of E/GE bottles. 

robsutherland posted:

Pains me to say, but for the first time in three years I was shut out. 

Funny cause I was thinking that if you weren't, there's more to the lottery than complete randomness.

I got a St. Vivant, which speaks somewhat to the integrity of the lottery. 

Nice haul, 7SMCB.

Some low key Ribera del Duero with some age

anyone get a LT?

7smcb posted:

I got a St. Vivant, which speaks somewhat to the integrity of the lottery. 

Lucky you!

Hey everyone - I see its lottery season again. Question - I can't seem to find the rules anywhere. Can you enter with more than one "Customer" per household/address?

Whoop-whoop!!!  It's disappointment season again!!!

They only have the price list in PDF format. So much for that accessibility claim by the LCBO ...

DRC and Accessibility don't belong in the same post!

They are certainly difficult bottles to acquire.

Order early for maximum disappointment! Still crossing fingers as this one is for our daughters birth year.

I always put in a request for these things, but I'm not sure what I would actually do if I got one.  Luckily, I've never had to make that decision.

Do you put in for 1 bottle specifically or 1 of each bottle? What have people with success done in the past?