The Laird St Vintages has brought in a lot of the unsold 2015 Bordeaux futures. I bought:
2015 Cos d'Estournel
2015 Ducru Beaucaillou
2015 Haut Bailly
I cleaned out the Cos but there are more of the Ducru Beaucaillou, Haut Bailly and many others left. If anyone is specifically looking for the Cos, you might try the Summerhill store.
andrez4zv posted:My wife and I liked the third bottle alot. So I'm going back for more today.
Welcome to the forum. Which bottle did you like? I'm also confused: you're going back to the LCBO for more of it, but you live in Madrid?
sunnylea57 posted:andrez4zv posted:My wife and I liked the third bottle alot. So I'm going back for more today.Welcome to the forum. Which bottle did you like? I'm also confused: you're going back to the LCBO for more of it, but you live in Madrid?
Maybe that explains why there are so many out-of-stocks at the LCBO in the past 2 months. I heard they brought in a distribution system that no one understands - probably because they are shipping wines back to the countries of origin. That sounds like the kind of jackass thing the LCBO would excel in.
That and blocking access to The WineMuddler on their in-store wifi ...
Hopefully none of you were shopping recently at the Lodestar Rd store (Allen Rd. and Rimrock). An employee who worked there as recently as last Friday has tested positive.
Fuligni Reserva 2012 reduced to $179 from $208 today.
https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wc...ntalcino-2012-294090
There appears to be a fair bit of it out there.
vijay posted:Fuligni Reserva 2012 reduced to $179 from $208 today.
https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wc...ntalcino-2012-294090
There appears to be a fair bit of it out there.
I find that 'sale' price strangely unmotivating. Perhaps if they knock it back another 20-30% I might find it more interesting.
Had to dig this thread out of the dumpster. The Lcbo has taken the pandemic as an opportunity to reduce hours, limit access to stores, ban product returns, and keep the shelves out of stock. It reminds me of stories about people lining up for rations in Communist Russia.
Well today the Laird St Vintages raised its fist against 'social responsibility' and put a bunch of wines on sale at 20% off. They used to do 30% discounts but the politburo at head office has come down on them for doing that. Expect them to send the Laird St staff to the gulag for breaching policy.
@otw posted:Had to dig this thread out of the dumpster. The Lcbo has taken the pandemic as an opportunity to reduce hours, limit access to stores, ban product returns, and keep the shelves out of stock. It reminds me of stories about people lining up for rations in Communist Russia.
Well today the Laird St Vintages raised its fist against 'social responsibility' and put a bunch of wines on sale at 20% off. They used to do 30% discounts but the politburo at head office has come down on them for doing that. Expect them to send the Laird St staff to the gulag for breaching policy.
Hours are back to normal here and shelves seem to be as stocked as usual. And I'm happy they are limiting access. Not happy though they they are limiting returns, though they let me return some unopened products. But the SAQ allows all returns as of last week.
@bman posted:Hours are back to normal here and shelves seem to be as stocked as usual. And I'm happy they are limiting access. Not happy though they they are limiting returns, though they let me return some unopened products. But the SAQ allows all returns as of last week.
This afternoon, there was a lineup to get into the store that stretched all the way down the block and then doubled back on itself. The wait time to get into the store was 45+ minutes. If that is back to normal then I give up!
@otw posted:This afternoon, there was a lineup to get into the store that stretched all the way down the block and then doubled back on itself. The wait time to get into the store was 45+ minutes. If that is back to normal then I give up!
Wow that really sucks. I've lined up at two stores here and two over the border. Maybe 15 people in front of me at worst but never waited more than 15 minutes.
With the LCBO's approval, starting last Monday wine agents are now offering mix cases of consignment wines if you don't want to wait in line.
@bman posted:Are they shipping outside the GTA? And any favourite agents to recommend?
I would assume they would ship anywhere in Ontario, not sure what the fee would be.
I work for an agency (Noble Estates) and our mix cases aren't "live" yet. You would have to look around to see what others are offering. They will be pre made cases. So you can't pick and choose each bottle. (LCBO rule)
@fowler52 posted:I would assume they would ship anywhere in Ontario, not sure what the fee would be.
I work for an agency (Noble Estates) and our mix cases aren't "live" yet. You would have to look around to see what others are offering. They will be pre made cases. So you can't pick and choose each bottle. (LCBO rule)
But if you were to know what I would want, could you pre make a case that fit that need??
@fowler52 posted:I would assume they would ship anywhere in Ontario, not sure what the fee would be.
I work for an agency (Noble Estates) and our mix cases aren't "live" yet. You would have to look around to see what others are offering. They will be pre made cases. So you can't pick and choose each bottle. (LCBO rule)
There's the KGBO trying to be helpful and f**king it up again. Rob's suggestion of customising the pre-made cases might be the answer to playing their stupid game.
Draining the swamp means getting rid of the LCBO!
@robsutherland posted:But if you were to know what I would want, could you pre make a case that fit that need??
For sure. That would work.
VSO has marked down a bunch of things. I picked up a few bottles of 2013 Marchand Tawse Nuits St George for $50 which I am optimistic will be good value.
They are getting really anal-retentive. Not much of interest nor value there.
The stool softener worked! The Laird St Vintages are discounting a bunch of losers, and a small number of decent daily drinker wines, by 25%. Some of the ones I made note of are:
and for fans of domestic Niagara wine:
There were a whole bunch more including several Amarone and many value-priced wines from California.
@otw posted:The stool softener worked!
A slew of unsold Classics have been marked down 20-25%... They seem to have been scrubbed from lcbo.com but can still be found here -
http://www.liquery.com/cgi-bin/pricedrops.pl
One small success out of the markdowns in the above post - Dupont/Spadina had already marked down the Dubreuil-Fontaine Pernand Vergellesses 30%. So it turned out that it scanned in at 30% off the markdown price - $45 on Classics, $25 at the checkout...
@7smcb posted:A slew of unsold Classics have been marked down 20-25%... They seem to have been scrubbed from lcbo.com but can still be found here -
http://www.liquery.com/cgi-bin/pricedrops.pl
I'm not finding the Grangier condrieu anywhere on the website, by name or number. But the condrieu below has Terrasses in the name. Any chance the list got the name and number wrong?
@7smcb posted:A slew of unsold Classics have been marked down 20-25%... They seem to have been scrubbed from lcbo.com but can still be found here -
http://www.liquery.com/cgi-bin/pricedrops.pl
Those products which are also available online can be found here:
https://www.vintagesshoponline...es/Home.aspx?lang=en
under the 'bin ends' tab.
@bman posted:I'm not finding the Grangier condrieu anywhere on the website, by name or number. But the condrieu below has Terrasses in the name. Any chance the list got the name and number wrong?
Here you go, bman:
@sunnylea57 posted:Here you go, bman:
Thanks. Found a Landrieu that sounds more to my liking and cheaper. Bought three.
I bought a cross-section of El Enemigo reds from Bodegas Aleanna. The discounted prices are pretty attractive vs Catena labels here, and particularly compared to the US market.
Interested to hear how those show OTW.
I grabbed some of the Clemens-Busch GG's.
6 2017 Ridge MB in OWC - $236 each at Woodbridge LCBO (had 30)
It appears the 2014 Cote Rotie La Mouline on VSO bin ends went pretty fast. They were marked down to $350.00.
