proceed to littlefatwino.com!Fiesta Buckhorn is July 17-18 this year.
CANADA DAY 09: LCBO Classics still hasn't offered a single Canadian wine this year and Vintages Online offers 1 domestic versus more than 460 imports!
A special message for Ontarians who only buy Australian Wine
DOMESTIC WINE SALES at LCBO in Dollars by % over the years...
1985 - 37.8% 1992 - 28.9%
1998 - 27.5% 2008 - 22.3%
See LCBO promise made in their 2002-03 Report!!}
This has to improve the morale of the vast majority of ordinary LCBO employees who never did or would accept "Nominal" gifts from anybody. And those who did accept "Gifts" should feel shame for the rest of their days. It still interests me that the Canadian Revenue Agency and the Ontario Ombudsman's Office both refused to discuss any of this with me. Please look at
A Freedom of Information Request from May 2007 and see the other FOI Requests from the same batch,
a story following this FOI information (among other information) from the Toronto Sun (August 9, 2007) by David Menzies
and the follow-up story by David Menzies from the Toronto Sun (July 19, 2008)
Larry Paterson, July 20, 2008.
Dangerous wine labels? A Wonderful Wine List
LCBO supports Ontario Wine Originals?
LCBO EMPLOYEES NO LONGER ABLE TO TAKE GIFTS!!
An opinion of current Ontario wine industry negotiations from Gabriele Wertsch of Niagara.
contact the little fat wino
Ontario Viniculture Association