Alan2005

Bloody brilliant. That is all.

Oink

BC finally is moving into the 1980s.

Did you have to go through special till?

Alan2005

No, but I had to show some ID.. They had a very nice display as well, almost like being in a Saintsbury's.

Oink

We have liquor store up the road from me that sells decent cut-price beer and wine but only until 11:00pm so you have to plan ahead or wander into the bar next door that serves until 2:00am.

magnumpi

Sobeys near me have been selling wine for yonks, it's in a speacial wine bit near the door

Alan2005

Well, they only just started it here. They were making a real show of it as well with tastings and free biscuits and chocs.

Oink

What supermarket?

Our local Urban Fare lets you buy beer and wine to drink while you're having something to eat in their little cafe. They don't even have a fence around it.

Alan2005

Was save on foods.

No fence or anything, just a fancy looking aisle. Put the bottle in the trolley with the rest of my groceries and paid for it at the same time like in a civilised country

scrubbedexpat091

Have yet to figure out the over regulation of booze in parts if not all of Canada.

But then I grew up in CA where supermarkets and gas stations have sold booze for as long as I can remember.

I think some states even have drive thru liquor stores lile fast food.

caretaker

In Montreal you used to be able to phone the corner store and a kid on a big tricycle would bring your case of quarts of beer and take your empties back for refund every day, and booze was available at the depanneur 24/7. While there is no advantage to buying wine or beer in a grocery store at home, as far as I'm concerned, I recall that when travelling on holidays it was convenient to stock up in one spot in a new city. Generally though we have lots of liquor stores and I know where they are and the selection is better than the booze in the grocery store.

BristolUK

How was the selection compared to the liquor store?

One of the Superstores here has been selling wine for a couple of years but it's a long way from a bit of everything that you find in the liquor store.

Apart from the Rosé which you can't really go wrong with (if you don't mind it) I don't find the selection tempting.

Alan2005

There's a decent enough selection, certainly big enough if you are only buying a few bottles for your weekly plonk. There's a BC liquor store near by which does have a bigger selection, and also has booze that isn't wine.

Still, I'm hoping this means that the writing is on the wall when it comes to getting rid of the LCBC. Nobody wants them around apart from the union and a few puritan crazy people.

Oink

Nah, they won't give up on that cash cow. They just open the valve now and again to let off a bit of steam hoping to lessen the demand for comprehensive reform.

bats

They are supposed to be starting that in Ontario too, or maybe have in the past few weeks. The wine selling Magnumpi refers to is a concession booth in the supermarket that only sells from one winery. Total pain as you have to stop with all your bags and or cart and sort out money. I'd rather head to the LCBO and have some choice.

Alan2005

Well, I'm hoping this is the slippery slope. BC wine now, maybe a few poncy local craft beers in a year or two, etc, etc.

Anyway, this is literally the best thing to happen in BC for ages. The people in the liquor stores are bloody miserable and they always have stupid tip jars with a single toonie in. I've never seen anyone fall for this transparent priming though; maybe that's why they are miserable.