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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:14 pm 
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Stroud branch of Sainsburys selling Gran Reserva for £7.70/btl, same as price for Reserva (yellow label) but watch out because price at scanning was £15.99 and label on shelf was for the higher price but offer flagged up at a couple of aisle ends and (with some reluctance) I was charged the lower price. Bargain.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:44 pm 
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Lyegrove, that is a very good bargain, Do you think the marketing error is likely to be replicated in other provincial stores ?
I like Campo Viego GR, which vintage was the wine. Very nice.

Welcome back, I see you have 3 other posts. Lyegrove, are you a resident of the village, I did recognise the name, but don't know the Cotswolds very well at all, just noticed in passing, and have done some walking near that area.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:45 pm 
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Nice find! They seem to have a bit of a bin end sale going on at the moment, you got very luck with that one
Personally I'm not much of a CV fan but have only tried the criana and Reserva
I'll be interested to here your review on the GR
Which vintage? 2007?


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:04 pm 
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Here's the offer as displayed in Sainsburys, may help your search. The vintage is 2007, same as the one on offer over Xmas for a tenner that was packaged in a cardboard tube. It's a league apart from the Reserva, one bottle down now and another breathing by the Aga!!


I checked the receipt today and noticed an extra bonus...I was charged for the case I bought at the "full" price and recieved a 5% discount. The supervisor then voided this purchase but the % reduction remained in the subtotal, the wine was then re-scanned at the £7 price and I was given a further 5 % of the total.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:04 pm 
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Cheers lyegrove
Looks like it may be a miss print for one label saying reserves and the other saying gran Reserva
Take it you've cleared the shelves at your store ?
Good find


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:33 am 
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*** It's a league apart from the Reserva, one bottle down now and another breathing by the Aga!! A good GR and keeps well. Thanks for the mobile pic, there is no argument in a supermarket (a wine merchant could duck the issue), they have to take that cardboard offer down or overide the till - however, the stated saving of £2.57 could muddy the waters if the store manager got involved, yet the polished pewter label on the "price flash" is correct for the GR.

*** Quite so, you know your Campo Viejo well. GR is a very significant step up for the CV rioja.

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