Supermarket promotions 2021

[Paul Benny]

This thread for news and reports of supermarket wine promotions

A couple of general reminders
- Waitrose 25% off 6+ includes fortifieds and run for a week. Promotions on specific wines are suspended for that week. Waitrose Cellar usually runs a similar promotion in parallel.
- Other supermarkets' promos exclude fortifieds and stack with any other discounts
For home deliveries and click and collect, it's the delivery date that determines eligibility. Order for delivery outside the promotional period don't qualify. To ensure you get the discount, allow substitutes and reject is unsuitable.

The first quarter is generally quiet with across the board promotions.

Expect to see Waitrose with 25% off 6+ in early March and possibly the same at Sainsburys late February. Tesco will probably promote ahead of Easter, so late March. Asda has less history to use for predictions and Morrisons do not run across-the-board discounts on wine.

 

[Mahmoud Ali]

Were this a forum in Edmonton I would have reported a "promotion" in a liquor store that was closing down. Everything in stock was priced at wholesale + 10% plus 5% GST. It forced my hand on a number of wines, things I didn't really need.

 

[Sean Hardon]

Tesco have reduced their Bellingham the Bernard Series wines, Chenin Blanc., Shiraz, and Pinotage from a tenner to £8.

 

[Neil Holland]

Were this a forum in Edmonton I would have reported a "promotion" in a liquor store that was closing down. Everything in stock was priced at wholesale + 10% plus 5% GST. It forced my hand on a number of wines, things I didn't really need.

None of us here have ever been bought wines we didn't need when heavily discounted, Mahmoud...

 

[Jeremy Caan]

None of us here have ever been bought wines we didn't need when heavily discounted, Mahmoud...

Nope, me neither.

 

[Geordie Torr]

Just guessing, but I suspect that a few of us here have probably bought wines we didn't need even when they weren't heavily discounted.

 

[Thom Blach]

'Need' is quite a strong word when applied to the purchase of wine!

 

[Neil Holland]

Another important variable when buying or not buying wines that we might or might not need and are or are not discounted is what "at the moment" means. I'm not buying wines at the moment. But I might have been 5 minutes ago.

 

[David Thomson]

A few reduced stickers starting to pop up in the Co-op. Ch. Dasvin Bel Air 2018 at £6.53. No sign yet of Ch.Senejac going at half price like last year.

 

[Mark Hardy]

A few reduced stickers starting to pop up in the Co-op. Ch. Dasvin Bel Air 2018 at £6.53. No sign yet of Ch.Senejac going at half price like last year.

Thanks, I picked up some bottles this evening from my local co-op. Seems to be a little random on the bottles though.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[David Thomson]

In M&S, Brocard 1cru Chablis, Mont De Milieu 2018. £20 to £8.

 

[Steve Overy]

In M&S, Brocard 1cru Chablis, Mont De Milieu 2018. £20 to £8.

A few more:

Tour de Pez St Estephe 2016 £27 > 10
Two English sparklers - a Balfour and a Marksman £~30 > 15
Denbies Bacchus £14 > 6
An Argentian Malbec £15 > 7 (tried this yeasterday - meh)

Not always discounted on the ticket, but discounts are in stores nationwide.

 

[Matt Milne]

Also St Julien Lucien Lurton 22>10.

But expect most of these to be already sold out so not worth a dedicated trip or going further afield on a goose chase, given Covid restrictions.

 

[Neil Holland]

That Tour de Pez looks a great deal for a top vintage...

 

[Dominic Sheppard]

Also St Julien Lucien Lurton 22>10.

But expect most of these to be already sold out so not worth a dedicated trip or going further afield on a goose chase, given Covid restrictions.

Yes the reds all gone at my two locals unfortunately. Managed to get some Chablis, plus a bottle of half price Lamothe Bergeron 2011 at Co-Op.

 

[Chris Hambleton]

Denbies Bacchus (if it's the reserve one) used to be excellent

 

[Mark Carrington]

Also St Julien Lucien Lurton 22>10.

But expect most of these to be already sold out so not worth a dedicated trip or going further afield on a goose chase, given Covid restrictions.

In days of yore, I would’ve set off like a rat up a drainpipe.

 

[Matt Milne]

In days of yore, I would’ve set off like a rat up a drainpipe.

Believe me, I know. I once found myself on a crawl round London's M&S' in the hope of snaffling some cut price Hospices Corton. Ended up with a bag of Percy Pigs. What days those were!

 

[Peter Webb]

Believe me, I know. I once found myself on a crawl round London's M&S' in the hope of snaffling some cut price Hospices Corton. Ended up with a bag of Percy Pigs. What days those were!

and now the Percy Pigs could have a higher value on resale depending on the post-BREXIT shipments

 

[Rob Lockwood]

and now the Percy Pigs could have a higher value on resale depending on the post-BREXIT shipments

Vintage-dependent Peter, but yes, if in their Original Plastic Bag

 

[Richard Ward]

In M&S, Brocard 1cru Chablis, Mont De Milieu 2018. £20 to £8.

I got 6 bottles of the Chablis in my local, left about the same again on the shelf for someone else to find. Also got 1 of the Marksman Blanc de Blancs 2015 to try.

 

[Paul Anderson]

A few more:

Tour de Pez St Estephe 2016 £27 > 10
Two English sparklers - a Balfour and a Marksman £~30 > 15
Denbies Bacchus £14 > 6
An Argentian Malbec £15 > 7 (tried this yeasterday - meh)

Not always discounted on the ticket, but discounts are in stores nationwide.

Good one, Steve. managed to pick up six bottles at a tenner each at my local M&S. They seemed to have quite a few left, perhaps £27 wine isn't the staple of the old mining communities around my neck of the woods

 

[Michael Sheridan]

Thanks for the heads up folks
I picked up a few marksman (2x 2013 ,1x 2014), 2 each of L Lurton Margaux & St Julien 2016s and a dozen brocard 1er MdM
Other than the marksman, none of the other labels on the shelves had been updated to show offer prices so bit of a guessing game for those not privy to information - not a bad thing for WP Bargain hunters

The UdV Chablis GC is still priced at £29.88 and the Hospice de Beaune St Romain stays at £50 so I didn’t bother with those

happy to share a £7 off £70 spend code to scan for anyone planning to shop at M&S food hall. Just drop me a msg

Mike

 

[Ben Coffman]

A few reduced stickers starting to pop up in the Co-op. Ch. Dasvin Bel Air 2018 at £6.53. No sign yet of Ch.Senejac going at half price like last year.

Wild goose chase in N London co-ops .Nothing on discount.

 

[Jeremy Hammett]

Me: I'm just popping out to buy the matches and bottled water you wanted.
Wife: Okay.
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