WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: 20 wines under/over $20 for the September 12, 2026 release.
By DEAN TUDOR, wine writer since 1968 and owner of Gothic Epicures Writing --- deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of wine news items and RSS feeds, plus references to individual wines, beers and spirits, has been at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor since 1994.
These wines available through the LCBO Vintages New Releases can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca or at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor
No winery can buy their way into – or out of – my publications. Not all wines are available in every LCBO store.
THEME • ONTARIO
RECOMMENDED White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
=========================================
[CAVA] 352856 CYGNUS SADOR ORGANIC RESERVA BRUT NATURE CAVA 2022 $19.95
37559 ESTERHÁZY KLIMT GRÜNER VELTLINER 2025 $15.95
12679 MATAHIWI ESTATE PINOT GRIS 2024 $17.95
99309 LEYDA GARUMA COASTAL VINEYARDS SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 $18.95
39302 LA PERRIÈRE CÔTEAUX DU GIENNOIS BLANC 2024 $19.95
50935 SAN MARZANO TALÒ CHARDONNAY 2024 $17.95
50564 CA' DE' ROCCHI SOAVE CLASSICO 2024 $18.95
609891 WHITEHAVEN MANSION HOUSE BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 $17.95
RECOMMENDED Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
========================================
527853 CHÂTEAU JOININ 2024 $14.95
261867 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA MALBEC 2024 $19.95
50091 VELENOSI PROPE MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO 2023 $18.95
50775 VITICCIO SOSPETTI TOSCANA ROSSO 2022 $18
995704 ZENATO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE 2022 $18.95
33371 FRANKLAND ROCKY GULLY SHIRAZ 2022 $17.95
51577 QUINTA VALE SANTA LUZIA TINTO 2023 $19.95
RECOMMENDED White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
=========================================
183491 HIDDEN BENCH RIESLING 2023 $26.95
299867 MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE VIEILLES VIGNES BOURGOGNE $29.95
50189 SCHILD OLD VINE CHARDONNAY 2025 $21.95
184549 DOMAINE LE CLOS JORDANNE LE GRAND CLOS CHARDONNAY 2023 $55
431593 TAWSE LIMESTONE RIDGE RIESLING 2024 $24.95
RECOMMENDED Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
=======================================
19022 R.LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA VIÑA TONDONIA RESERVA 2014 $44.95
184564 DOMAINE LE CLOS JORDANNE LE GRAND CLOS PINOT NOIR 2023 $55
11582 BACHELDER LES VILLAGES BENCH PINOT NOIR 2024 $34.95
118067 COBOS FELINO MALBEC 2024 $22.95
142398 WAKEFIELD JARAMAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2023 $24.95
25678 TUA RITA ROSSO DEI NOTRI 2023 $32.95
36460 BERTANI VALPANTENA VALPOLICELLA 2024 $26.95
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some of my Recommended Wines from the LCBO’s Limited Time Offer selections...these are "better" value...on sale through September 13, 2026...
BETTER HURRY...(but see below for Sept14-Oct11)
WHITE WINES
BANFI PRINCIPESSA GAVIA GAVI
DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
250696 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00
FLAT ROCK CELLARS CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
286278 (XD – 5 g/L) 750 ml $23.95
NOW $21.95 Save $2.00
KIM CRAWFORD MARLBOROUGH
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
35386 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $18.95 Save $3.00
OYSTER BAY PINOT GRIGIO
Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand
326090 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $17.95 Save $3.00
STONELEIGH LATITUDE
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South
Island, New Zealand
40137 (XD – 4 g/L)
750 ml REG. $23.95
NOW $20.95 Save $3
WESTCOTT ESTATE CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
424507 (XD – 6 g/L) 750 ml $31.95
NOW $29.95 Save $2.00
RED WINES
CLARENCE DILLON
CLARENDELLE RED
Bordeaux, France
28837 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
CONFIDENCIAL RESERVA
Vinho Regional Lisboa, Portugal
452789 (D – 9 g/L) 750 ml $15.95
NOW $14.95 Save $1.00
DUCA DI SARAGNANO
ALCHYMIA PRIMITIVO
IGT Puglia, Italy
636613 (M – 17 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
FEATHERSTONE CABERNET FRANC
VQA Niagara Peninsula, vegan
64618 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00
LA MASCOTA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Mendoza, Argentina
292110 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS
GRAN RESERVA
DOP Cariñena, Spain
82024 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $20.95 Save $2.00
ROCCA DELLE MACÌE
RISERVA CHIANTI
DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
111641 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
UMBERTO CESARI LIANO
SANGIOVESE/CABERNET SAUVIGNON
IGT Rubicone, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
225086 (D – 11 g/L) 750 ml $29.95
NOW $24.95 Save $5.00
VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Valle del Maipo, Chile
18721 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
LE VOLTE DELL’ORNELLAIA
IGT Toscana, Tuscany
964221 (XD – 3 g/L)
750 ml REG. $31.95
NOW $28.95 Save $3
BENJAMIN BRIDGE
NOVA 7 SPARKLING
Nova Scotia, Charmat method
256289 (S – 71 g/L) 750 ml $25.95
NOW $23.95 Save $2.00
MALIVOIRE LADYBUG ROSÉ
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario,
sustainable, vegan
559088 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
LIMITED TIME OFFERS
Save on these wines from Sept. 14 to Oct. 11, 2026
WHITE WINE
CLOUDY BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
304469 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $42.95
NOW $40.95 Save $2.00
FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, vegan
341586 (D – 13 g/L) 750 ml $15.95
NOW $14.95 Save $1.00
FIELDING UNOAKED CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
164491 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
FLAT ROCK TWISTED WHITE
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario,
sustainable
1578 (D – 15 g/L) 750 ml $18.95
NOW $16.95 Save $2.00
OYSTER BAY CHARDONNAY
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
326728 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $17.95 Save $3.00
PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO
DO Rías Baixas, Spain
350041 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
TERRA VEGA SAUVIGNON BLANC KPM
Central Valley, Chile
156968 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $13.00
NOW $12.00 Save $1.00
THIRTY BENCH WINEMAKER’S
BLEND RIESLING
VQA Beamsville Bench,
Niagara Escarpment, Ontario
24133 (D – 16 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
VINELAND ESTATES ELEVATION
ST. URBAN VINEYARD RIESLING
VQA Niagara Escarpment, Ontario
38117 (M – 31 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
RED WINES
13TH STREET GAMAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula,
Ontario, sustainable
177824 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
CASA DI LUIGI PINOT NOIR KPM
Central Valley, Chile
16586 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $15.00
NOW $14.00 Save $1.00
DANDELION VINEYARDS
LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ
Barossa, South Australia
167189 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $18.95 Save $2.00
G. MARQUIS THE SILVER LINE
PINOT NOIR
VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
258673 (D – 9 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
PORCUPINE RIDGE SYRAH
WO Swartland, South Africa
595280 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $17.95
NOW $14.95 Save $3.00
THE FOREIGN AFFAIR THE CONSPIRACY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
149237 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $16.95 Save $3.00
TRIUS RED ‘THE ICON’
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
303800 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $27.95
NOW $24.95 Save $3.00
WAKEFIELD JARAMAN SHIRAZ
Clare Valley/McLaren Vale,
South Australia
377036 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
JOSEPH DROUHIN-
VAUDON CHABLIS
AOC, Burgundy, France
284026 (XD – 2 g/L)
REG. 750 ml $35.95
NOW $31.95
Save $48 on a case of 12
WESTCOTT ESTATE PINOT NOIR
VQA Niagara Peninsula,
Ontario, sustainable
427500 (XD – 3 g/L)
750 ml REG. $33.95
NOW $31.95
Save $24 on a case of 12
FOR MORE SELECTIONS, GO TO --
https://www.lcbo.com/en/products#t=clp-products&sort=relevancy&layout=card&f:@lcbo_current_offer=[On%20Sale]
By DEAN TUDOR, wine writer since 1968 and owner of Gothic Epicures Writing --- deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of wine news items and RSS feeds, plus references to individual wines, beers and spirits, has been at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor since 1994.
These wines available through the LCBO Vintages New Releases can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca or at https://pages.pathcom.com/~dtudor
No winery can buy their way into – or out of – my publications. Not all wines are available in every LCBO store.
THEME • ONTARIO
RECOMMENDED White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
=========================================
[CAVA] 352856 CYGNUS SADOR ORGANIC RESERVA BRUT NATURE CAVA 2022 $19.95
37559 ESTERHÁZY KLIMT GRÜNER VELTLINER 2025 $15.95
12679 MATAHIWI ESTATE PINOT GRIS 2024 $17.95
99309 LEYDA GARUMA COASTAL VINEYARDS SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 $18.95
39302 LA PERRIÈRE CÔTEAUX DU GIENNOIS BLANC 2024 $19.95
50935 SAN MARZANO TALÒ CHARDONNAY 2024 $17.95
50564 CA' DE' ROCCHI SOAVE CLASSICO 2024 $18.95
609891 WHITEHAVEN MANSION HOUSE BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 $17.95
RECOMMENDED Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
========================================
527853 CHÂTEAU JOININ 2024 $14.95
261867 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA MALBEC 2024 $19.95
50091 VELENOSI PROPE MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO 2023 $18.95
50775 VITICCIO SOSPETTI TOSCANA ROSSO 2022 $18
995704 ZENATO VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE 2022 $18.95
33371 FRANKLAND ROCKY GULLY SHIRAZ 2022 $17.95
51577 QUINTA VALE SANTA LUZIA TINTO 2023 $19.95
RECOMMENDED White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
=========================================
183491 HIDDEN BENCH RIESLING 2023 $26.95
299867 MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE VIEILLES VIGNES BOURGOGNE $29.95
50189 SCHILD OLD VINE CHARDONNAY 2025 $21.95
184549 DOMAINE LE CLOS JORDANNE LE GRAND CLOS CHARDONNAY 2023 $55
431593 TAWSE LIMESTONE RIDGE RIESLING 2024 $24.95
RECOMMENDED Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
=======================================
19022 R.LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA VIÑA TONDONIA RESERVA 2014 $44.95
184564 DOMAINE LE CLOS JORDANNE LE GRAND CLOS PINOT NOIR 2023 $55
11582 BACHELDER LES VILLAGES BENCH PINOT NOIR 2024 $34.95
118067 COBOS FELINO MALBEC 2024 $22.95
142398 WAKEFIELD JARAMAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2023 $24.95
25678 TUA RITA ROSSO DEI NOTRI 2023 $32.95
36460 BERTANI VALPANTENA VALPOLICELLA 2024 $26.95
LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some of my Recommended Wines from the LCBO’s Limited Time Offer selections...these are "better" value...on sale through September 13, 2026...
BETTER HURRY...(but see below for Sept14-Oct11)
WHITE WINES
BANFI PRINCIPESSA GAVIA GAVI
DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
250696 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00
FLAT ROCK CELLARS CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
286278 (XD – 5 g/L) 750 ml $23.95
NOW $21.95 Save $2.00
KIM CRAWFORD MARLBOROUGH
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
35386 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $18.95 Save $3.00
OYSTER BAY PINOT GRIGIO
Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand
326090 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $17.95 Save $3.00
STONELEIGH LATITUDE
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South
Island, New Zealand
40137 (XD – 4 g/L)
750 ml REG. $23.95
NOW $20.95 Save $3
WESTCOTT ESTATE CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
424507 (XD – 6 g/L) 750 ml $31.95
NOW $29.95 Save $2.00
RED WINES
CLARENCE DILLON
CLARENDELLE RED
Bordeaux, France
28837 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
CONFIDENCIAL RESERVA
Vinho Regional Lisboa, Portugal
452789 (D – 9 g/L) 750 ml $15.95
NOW $14.95 Save $1.00
DUCA DI SARAGNANO
ALCHYMIA PRIMITIVO
IGT Puglia, Italy
636613 (M – 17 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
FEATHERSTONE CABERNET FRANC
VQA Niagara Peninsula, vegan
64618 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00
LA MASCOTA CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Mendoza, Argentina
292110 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
MONASTERIO DE LAS VIÑAS
GRAN RESERVA
DOP Cariñena, Spain
82024 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $20.95 Save $2.00
ROCCA DELLE MACÌE
RISERVA CHIANTI
DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
111641 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
UMBERTO CESARI LIANO
SANGIOVESE/CABERNET SAUVIGNON
IGT Rubicone, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
225086 (D – 11 g/L) 750 ml $29.95
NOW $24.95 Save $5.00
VIÑA TARAPACÁ GRAN RESERVA
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Valle del Maipo, Chile
18721 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
LE VOLTE DELL’ORNELLAIA
IGT Toscana, Tuscany
964221 (XD – 3 g/L)
750 ml REG. $31.95
NOW $28.95 Save $3
BENJAMIN BRIDGE
NOVA 7 SPARKLING
Nova Scotia, Charmat method
256289 (S – 71 g/L) 750 ml $25.95
NOW $23.95 Save $2.00
MALIVOIRE LADYBUG ROSÉ
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario,
sustainable, vegan
559088 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
LIMITED TIME OFFERS
Save on these wines from Sept. 14 to Oct. 11, 2026
WHITE WINE
CLOUDY BAY SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
304469 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $42.95
NOW $40.95 Save $2.00
FEATHERSTONE FOUR FEATHERS
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, vegan
341586 (D – 13 g/L) 750 ml $15.95
NOW $14.95 Save $1.00
FIELDING UNOAKED CHARDONNAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
164491 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00
FLAT ROCK TWISTED WHITE
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario,
sustainable
1578 (D – 15 g/L) 750 ml $18.95
NOW $16.95 Save $2.00
OYSTER BAY CHARDONNAY
Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
326728 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $17.95 Save $3.00
PACO & LOLA ALBARIÑO
DO Rías Baixas, Spain
350041 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
TERRA VEGA SAUVIGNON BLANC KPM
Central Valley, Chile
156968 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $13.00
NOW $12.00 Save $1.00
THIRTY BENCH WINEMAKER’S
BLEND RIESLING
VQA Beamsville Bench,
Niagara Escarpment, Ontario
24133 (D – 16 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
VINELAND ESTATES ELEVATION
ST. URBAN VINEYARD RIESLING
VQA Niagara Escarpment, Ontario
38117 (M – 31 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $19.95 Save $3.00
RED WINES
13TH STREET GAMAY
VQA Niagara Peninsula,
Ontario, sustainable
177824 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
CASA DI LUIGI PINOT NOIR KPM
Central Valley, Chile
16586 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $15.00
NOW $14.00 Save $1.00
DANDELION VINEYARDS
LIONHEART OF THE BAROSSA SHIRAZ
Barossa, South Australia
167189 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $20.95
NOW $18.95 Save $2.00
G. MARQUIS THE SILVER LINE
PINOT NOIR
VQA Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
258673 (D – 9 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00
PORCUPINE RIDGE SYRAH
WO Swartland, South Africa
595280 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $17.95
NOW $14.95 Save $3.00
THE FOREIGN AFFAIR THE CONSPIRACY
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
149237 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $16.95 Save $3.00
TRIUS RED ‘THE ICON’
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
303800 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $27.95
NOW $24.95 Save $3.00
WAKEFIELD JARAMAN SHIRAZ
Clare Valley/McLaren Vale,
South Australia
377036 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $24.95
NOW $22.95 Save $2.00
JOSEPH DROUHIN-
VAUDON CHABLIS
AOC, Burgundy, France
284026 (XD – 2 g/L)
REG. 750 ml $35.95
NOW $31.95
Save $48 on a case of 12
WESTCOTT ESTATE PINOT NOIR
VQA Niagara Peninsula,
Ontario, sustainable
427500 (XD – 3 g/L)
750 ml REG. $33.95
NOW $31.95
Save $24 on a case of 12
FOR MORE SELECTIONS, GO TO --
https://www.lcbo.com/en/products#t=clp-products&sort=relevancy&layout=card&f:@lcbo_current_offer=[On%20Sale]
Dean Tudor, Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism
Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.comhttp://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures
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