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MICHAEL VAUGHAN'S UPDATE
Vintages & Classics Secret 20% July Sale
It started on July 8. Unfortunately the LCBO did not provide the public with the huge list of 200+ items (Classics & Vintages) being discounted by 20%. In fact, when I searched an item that is being discounted (see below), only the regular price comes up. You have to actually go to the store and see if RED hand-written discount price appears on the display bin tag. No LCBO stores with discounts are revealed online. Here is an example from Flagship store #149 at Bloor West & Royal York from July 9th. Note that this store is still in the lengthy process of posting all the discounted prices. Also, as of yet, none of the dozens of CLASSICS items being discounted are on display - there is no shelf space available!
Only the insiders can track these buys down, the average consumer is left in the dark.

Click here to see my recent local GAMAY 2023 recommendation that is now on sale at store 149 for only $24 vs $29.95
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July 18 Vintages Catalogue

SUMMARY 122 NEW JULY 18 RELEASES
see our linked Agent Summary with cases
See our initial July 18 Buyers Guide

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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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Kir-Yianni The North Assyrtiko 2025

Dry, Fresh, Bright, Youthful *** (90-points)
BEST BUY - $19.95 - New Vintages Essential #25707
One of the great indigenous white grapes of Greece, this vibrant new 2025 Assyrtiko is the FIRST GREEK VINTAGES ESSENTIAL. Pale straw in colour, it has a fresh, slightly spicy, lively, honeysuckle, bright, wintermelon-grapefruit nose with some youthful, leesy-mineral notes. Dry, medium bodied, very fresh, wintermelon and ripe pear flavours with a lingering, crisp, refreshing, well balanced finish. This well-priced, versatile, crowd-pleaser is perfect with pasta, poultry and/or seafood.

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