Author: Dirk Chan
Today (March 31/2025) is the last day prior to the Alberta Government’s Ad Valorem tax on high end wine that kicks in tomorrow on April 1/2025, and believe you me, I wish I could say it is just a cruel April Fool’s joke, but it is not! – up to 15% price increase on expensive wines.
Luckily for us, our order day is Mondays so we have over spent this week to bring in some what we consider true “high end” wines to beat the tax just under the wire. The wines listed below will arrive this wednesday but you can pre-purchase using the links in this blog. Most are in six packs so only the six bottles available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Enjoy the shopping and beating this nonsensical tax, it is our only solace in this sad state of affairs.
Pictured left to right:
2010 Champagne Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs (Champagne, France) – $132.99
2020 Louis Jadot Beaune Premier Cru Celebration (Burgundy – Cote de Beaune, France) – $96.99
2016 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo (Piedmont, Italy) – $139.99
2021 Fattoria Le Pupille Saffredi (Maremma, Italy) – $199.99
Other new arrivals worthy of interest:
2018 Antonelli San Marco Montefalco Sagrantino (Umbria, Italy) – $61.99
2020 Piaggia Carmignano Riserva (Tuscany, Italy) – $74.99
2012 Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva (Rioja, Spain) – $83.99
2017 Mastroberardino Radici Taurasi Riserva (White Label) (Campania, Italy) – $84.99
2020 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rotenberg (Alsace, France) – $85.99
2023 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese #10 (Mosel, Germany) – $96.99
2018 Fattoria del Pino Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany, Italy) – $96.99
2019 Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco (Tuscany, Italy) – $104.99
NV Billecart-Salmon Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru (Champagne, France) – $149.99
2012 Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva (Rioja, Spain) – 1.5L – $189.99
2015 Moet & Chandon Dom Pérignon Brut (Champagne, France) – $389.99
Most of these there are only 6 bottles available so shop early to avoid disappointment.