Michael Vaughan's Weekly National Post Feature

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www.winefind.ca
(Ontario Readers: CLICK ON THE NAME - All listings are linked to the LCBO database)
If there is a product that interests you, just click on the name below and you will instantaneously connected with the LCBO database. The product will appear in blue and all you have to do is click on the name again and then the next screen will provide details along with the store search. Just click on store search. The number of bottles in each store is updated nightly. Call the store first to see if stock still remains (each store phone number is listed).

It was in 432 when Saint Patrick led a group of monks to Ireland where they brought Christianity and, even better, the art of distillation. To be sure, Ireland is the true home of whiskey with the “e”. Unfortunately, it was the Irish again who on Christmas Day in 1661 introduced the first tax on whiskey!

While rounds of Guinness are great for the pub, real connoisseurs will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this Thursday, March 17th with something special - Jameson 18-Year-Old Master Selection Irish Whiskey. Here is your ultimate sipping whiskey, perfect served chilled or on the rocks perhaps with the slightest splash of spring water. Its honeyed, smooth, woodsy, caramel tinged flavors are wonderfully seductive. This elixir is distilled from grain with only half the barley being malted. It travels through the traditional pot still three times. It may cost three times as much as your everyday Jameson, but for Patrick’s sake, it’s worth it. In British Colombia it is $79.95 (sku 68155); Ontario $80.20 (cspc 600478); and $79.54 in New Brunswick (cspc 813649). For those living in Ontario, the good news is that the entire 2005 Canadian allocation of 200 cases will be parked at the LCBO. The bad news is that the price will soon be going up to $89.95. Those living in BC or NB better grab whatever bottles remain as the shelves will be empty! Hopefully, we will see a more equitable distribution in 2006.

2001-2002-2003-2004-2005 Tasting Note Database
Our tasting note database from December 31, 2000 to January 2005, covers every Vintages release product for the past 48 months. There are more than 8,000 notes in the database data. Just enter the name of the product, supplier name or CSPC number. Or you can search by type of wine, country of origin, even wine agent! Nothing could be easier. Also you can get information on the agent by clicking on the agent’s name, as well as current LCBO store inventory by clicking on "Check LCBO Availability", which will automatically tell you the number of bottles at LCBO as of last night.

To use our winefind.ca Tasting Notes Database: click here

** For All Visitors **
Vintages April 2005 Release
To see the complete list of upcoming 186 products click here (sorted by date of release). It includes the number of cases, which wines were presented by the LCBO, our agent ID for every product,
as well as, the 15 “In Store Discoveries” for April.
You can also see it sorted by agent click here

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