June Wine Bargains

Deeper Discounts This Month

Brent Gushowaty

Jun 14, 2025

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The Month of June Bargains

Hello and welcome back.

This month continues the spotlight on a new category of wines called “Crafted in B.C.” .

Note that U.S. products are still off B.C. government liquor store shelves.

Happy to report that the discounts on sale wines this month in BC Liquor stores are a little deeper in June than in the two previous months with most of this month’s selections priced $3.00 to $8.00 lower than the regular price.

You will find 45 best bargain wines in the newsletter this month including 5 new great value wines.

Just a reminder that the wines are organized alphabetically by country now instead of by wine style, with new wine picks placed first in each country. All the other information for the wine listing is still present, i.e. wine style, score, review, price change if any and a clickable link to see which BCL stores carry the wine.

2024 Crafted in B.C. Wines

"Crafted in B.C." wines are a temporary category created to help support the B.C. wine industry whose vineyards suffered from a disastrous cold snap that hit Okanagan and Similkameen vineyards in January 2024. This weather event severely damaged most of the planted vines. This meant that for most wineries, there would be very little wine to sell from 2024.

The government has relaxed the regulations saying VQA wines could only be made using B.C grapes. So for a temporary period B.C. VQA wineries are allowed to bring in grapes or juice from outside the province as long as the vinification occurs in B.C.. This has enabled many wineries to keep the doors open. To help with this, I will be making an effort to taste and include reviews of “Crafted in B.C.” wines as they appear on B.C. Liquor Store shelves.

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