WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: 20 wines under/ over $20 for the August 29, 2026 BLUE MOON release!!!

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  20 wines under/ over $20 for the August 29, 2026 BLUE MOON 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.

FEATURE STORIES • BOOK CLUB; GOOD PARTNERS: LUBANZI
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RECOMMENDED WINES
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ROSE
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37666 PAUL MAS LE ROSÉ 2025 $16.95
37678 C'EST TROP ROSÉ 2025 $16.95
556258 SAN MARZANO TRAMARI ROSÉ DI PRIMITIVO 2025 $16.95

RECOMMENDED White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
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37537 BADENHORST SECATEURS CHENIN BLANC 2025 $19.95
454785 TOI TOI SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 $18.95
48241 BISQUERTT LA JOYA GRAN RESERVA CHARDONNAY 2024
$16.95
48640 VIEIL ARMAND ORIGINE PINOT BLANC 2023 $18.95
50308 MASSEY DACTA MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 $18.95
50493 MOSELLAND GOLDSCHILD MOSEL RIESLING 2023
51579 BACALHÔA CATARINA WHITE 2024 $15.95
53055 COOPERS HAWK DRY RIESLING 2024 $19.95
644385 BORD ELEGANCE LAUDUN CÔTES DU RHÔNE-VILLAGES BLANC $19.95


RECOMMENDED  Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
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17403 TORRE ZAMBRA MADIA MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO 2024 $17.95
23973 MARYNISSEN CABERNET FRANC 2023 $16.95
443374 RUSTENBERG STELLENBOSCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2023 $19.95
48242 LUBANZI CINSAULT 2024 $18.95
49831 MALMA CHACRA LA PAPAY MALBEC 2024 $17.95
50147 CORRYTON BURGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2022 $17.95
542183 RAVANAL GRAN RESERVA CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2022 $16.95
645051 LA MALDITA GARNACHA 2024 $14.95

 
RECOMMENDED White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
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41257 LIEBLING LINGARD VINEYARD RIESLING 2023 $22
49000 EDOUARD DELAUNAY SEPTEMBRE BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY $29.95
50130 CHATELAIN HARMONIE POUILLY-FUMÉ 2024 $30.95
50255 LOVEBLOCK CHARDONNAY 2022 $29.95
53054 FEROX SILVER LION COLLECTION CHARDONNAY 2022 $35
88955 HUFF CATHERINE'S CHARDONNAY 2023 $34


RECOMMENDED  Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
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20422 HIDDEN BENCH GAMAY 2024 $29.95
157347 ENRICO SERAFINO SANAVENTO BARBARESCO 2022 $39.95
356048 CARPINETO CHIANTI CLASSICO 2023 $24.95
36331 BORGO SCOPETO VIGNA MISCIANO RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO $35.95
403345 TAPIZ ALTA COLLECTION SAN PABLO VINEYARD CABERNET $20.95
46302 BENJAMIN BRIDGE WILD ROCK RED 2024 $21.95
48377 MOMMESSIN MARY & THOMAS BACHELDER BEAUJOLAIS- $24.95
50143 DE BORTOLI THE ESTATE VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2023 $24.95
51700 CANTINE DI ORA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2022 $42.95
53080 TRIUS SHOWCASE RHS MERLOT 2020 $44.95
637835 CHÂTEAU DES TOURS BROUILLY 2024 $23.95
643205 CASTELLI DEL GREVEPESA CLEMENTE VII RISERVA CHIANTI $27.95
692343 OYSTER BAY HAWKE'S BAY MERLOT 2024 $20.95

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...

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, Ontario, 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

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.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: 20 wines under/ over $20 for the August 15, 2026 release.

WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES:  20 wines under/ over $20 for the August 15, 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 notes (below) for TOP wines available through the LCBO Vintages New Releases (on a bi-weekly basis) 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.

What is a TOP wine? Terrific-Occasional-Personal--- A TOP wine can be expressed as 88+ points, or Silver/Gold Medal, or described as BETTER/BEST, or 4/5 ****/***** Stars (out of?) and other such categories [in the 1950s such categories were titled "dandy, so-so, punk and lousy"]. My evaluations are a combined MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Rhone wine should taste like Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace, above or below its price). 

THEME • Great Wines for Takeout Night

TOP White Wines UNDER $20 in this release.
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68015 FLAT ROCK UNPLUGGED UNOAKED CHARDONNAY 2024 VQA $19.95
49578 NOEMA ASSYRTIKO 2024 GREECE $19.95
51404 CASA SANTOS LIMA MEIA SERRA ENCRUZADO 2023 PORTUGAL $19.95
541854 VILLA SPARINA GAVI DI GAVI 2025 TUSCANY $19.95
708073 ATTEMS SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 FRUILI $19.95
39442 PLANETA LA SEGRETA GRILLO 2024 $19.95
41899 AZEVEDO LOUREIRO ALVARINHO 2024 $13.45
51629 DE WETSHOF CHALK ROAD CHENIN BLANC 2025 SOUTH AFRICA $14.95
51695 SEÑORÍO DE NAVA FUENTENEBRO ALBILLO MAYOR 2022 $17.95
40788 AVELINO VEGAS MONTESPINA SOBRE LÍAS VERDEJO 2025 SPAIN $16.95
51206 ECHEVERRIA NO ES PITUKO ORANGE SAUVIGNON BLANC 2025 CHILE $17.95
196956 JOSEPH CATTIN PINOT GRIS 2024 $17.95
49035 ALAIN JAUME GRAND VENEUR CÔTES DU RHONE 2024 $19.95

TOP Red Wines UNDER $20 for this release.
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11851 CREEKSIDE RED TRACTOR CABERNET/MERLOT 2020 VQA $19.95
278150 CITRA NIRO MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO 2022 $17.95
50092 PASQUA MUCCHIETTO PRIMITIVO 2022 $19.95
168823 BURGO VIEJO RESERVA 2020 $18.95
548867 CASA SANTOS LIMA COLOSSAL RESERVA 2021 PORTUGAL $16.45
45323 ADEGA COOPERATIVA DE VIDIGUEIRA ALICANTE BOUSCHET 2023 PORTUGAL $19.95
28081 VIÑALBA PATAGONIA RESERVE MALBEC 2023 $19.95
49830 EL PORVENIR AMAUTA ABSOLUTO MALBEC 2024 $16.95
46055 FEATHERSTONE GEMSTONE 2023 VQA $17.95
476002 LUNGAROTTI L'UM UMBRIA SANGIOVESE/MERLOT 2022 $17.95
451724 ZENATO ALANERA PARZIALE APPASSIMENTO 2022 $18.95


TOP White Wines OVER $20 in this release.
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39763 TRIUS SHOWCASE WILD FERMENT SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024 VQA $28.95
171322 PATRIARCHE PÈRE & FILS MÂCON VILLAGES CHARDONNAY 2025 $24.95
42676 VESEVO GRECO DI TUFO 2024 CAMPANIA $22.95
51690 PERI PERI VICERÉ INZOLIA 2025 SICILY $24.95


TOP Red Wines OVER $20 for this release.
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11728 CHÂTEAU LALANDE DE GRAVET SAINT-ÉMILION GRAND CRU 2022 $28.95
633628 MISSION HILL RESERVE MERITAGE 2022 BC VQA $32.95
44514 REDSTONE GAMAY NOIR 2022 VQA $25.95
52473 FEATHERSTONE RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2022 VQA $29.95
438580 QUERCECCHIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2021 $40.95
538918 ASTROLABE MARLBOROUGH PINOT NOIR 2023 $29.95

ROSE TABLE WINE [listed only, under $20]
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45075 TAWSE GROWERS BLEND ROSÉ 2025 VQA $18.95
668426 VILLA AIX EN PROVENCE ROSÉ 2025 $19.95
556142 PASQUA 11 MINUTES ROSÉ ODI ET AMO VENEZIE 2024 $19.95

LIMITED TIME OFFERS: Some Recommended Wines from the LCBO’s Limited Time Offer selections...these are "better" value...on sale  through August 16...better hurry!! Different LTOs on August 17 through Sept 13 (see below)

W H I T E W I N ES

ATTEMS PINOT GRIGIO
DOC Friuli, Italy
707950 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

BOSCHENDAL 1685 CHARDONNAY
WO Western Cape, South Africa
367698 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $18.95
NOW $16.95 Save $2.00

FLAT ROCK RIESLING 6
VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
43281 (M – 11 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

KEN FORRESTER OLD VINE
RESERVE CHENIN BLANC
WO Stellenbosch, South Africa
231282 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $18.95
NOW $16.95 Save $2.00

SUSANA BALBO CRIOS TORRONTÉS
Argentina
1834 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $16.95
NOW $14.95 Save $2.00

OYSTER BAY
SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marlborough, South
Island, New Zealand
316570 (XD – 4 g/L)
750 ml REG. $20.95
NOW $17.95 Save $3

WINZER KREMS KREMSTAL DAC
GRÜNER VELTLINER
DAC Kremstal, Austria
375022 (XD – 5 g/L) 750 ml $17.95
NOW $15.95 Save $2.00

RED WINES

BERONIA RESERVA
DOCa Rioja, Spain
50203 (XD – 2 g/L) 750 ml $23.95
NOW $21.95 Save $2.00

CATHEDRAL CELLAR
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
WO Western Cape, South Africa
328567 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $16.95 Save $3.00

KILIKANOON KILLERMAN’S
RUN SHIRAZ
Clare Valley, South Australia
925453 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

MITOLO JESTER SHIRAZ
McLaren Vale, South Australia
659607 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $20.95 Save $2.00

OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR
Marlborough, South Island,
New Zealand, sustainable
590414 (XD – 5 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00

RINGBOLT CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Margaret River, Western Australia
606624 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $22.95
NOW $20.95 Save $2.00

SAN FELICE CHIANTI CLASSICO
DOCG, Tuscany, Italy
282996 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2.00

SMALL GULLY THE FORMULA
ROBERT’S SHIRAZ
South Australia
142935 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

THE BLACK CHOOK
SHIRAZ VIOGNIER
South Australia
66738 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

TOMMASI RIPASSO VALPOLICELLA
CLASSICO SUPERIORE
DOC, Veneto, Italy
910430 (D – 8 g/L) 750 ml $27.95
NOW $25.95 Save $2.00

WAKEFIELD ESTATE LABEL
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Limestone Coast/Clare Valley,
South Australia
744235 (XD – 4 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $17.95 Save $2.00

ZONTE’S FOOTSTEP
CHOCOLATE FACTORY SHIRAZ
McLaren Vale, South Australia
396481 (XD – 3 g/L) 750 ml $19.95
NOW $18.95 Save $1.00

BORSAO TRES PICOS GARNACHA
DO Campo de Borja, Spain
273748 (XD – 3 g/L)
750 ml REG. $21.95
NOW $19.95 Save $2


LIMITED TIME OFFERS
Save on THESE wines from Aug.17 to Sept.13, 2026

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, Ontario, 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

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.com
http://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/gothicepicures