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A sad announcement
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August 1 Vintages Release

See Linked Release Summary
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Vintages & Classics July 20%-off Sale
It started on July 8. Unfortunately the LCBO did not provide the public with the huge list of 270+ items (Classics & Vintages) being discounted by 20%. In fact, when I searched two items that are discounted (see below), only the regular price comes up on the LCBO website. You have to actually go to the LCBO store and see if a RED hand-written discount price appears on the display bin tag at that store. No LCBO stores with discounts are revealed online or anywhere else. These discounts were spearheaded by Flagship store #149 at Bloor West & Royal York. It took staff two days to post all the discounted prices. Also, none of the dozens of CLASSICS items being discounted that were sent to this store only are on display yet as no shelf space was available.

I spotted that my recommended Hidden Bench GAMAY 2023 is now on sale at store 149 for only $24 vs $29.95. Note that the discounted in-store $24 price does not appear anywhere on the LCBO website. In fact, the LCBO website has it as $29.95 (even at this store) & as of today (July 17) 6 bottles (not 2) are available. You cannot get any discounted prices on-line. Also on FRIDAY JULY 24 the discount increases to 30%. This applies to the all 270 hand-discounted wines in the store. Meanwhile the ENOMATIC wine tasting bar at #149 is now back in operation.
(posted Thursday, July 23)

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A Tasty Suave Italian White
Pieropan Soave Classico 2023
Fresh, Bright, Pear-Citrus-Melon ** (90-points)
$16.95 - July 18 Vintages #946848
Bright medium straw colour. Fresh, slightly spicy, minerally, lemon-melon-apple nose. Dry, medium bodied, gently spicy, faintly honeyed, minerally, melon-apple-pear flavours with a lively, unoaked, faintly savoury finish. This well balanced ready-to-enjoy Venetian summer refresher is a lees-aged blend of 90% Garganega and 10% Trebbiano di Soave with only 12% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar.

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