by Dale Williams » Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:35 am
I would say I see good (and bad) deals year round, but a couple of seasons might have a (slightly)higher good deal rate. The obvious is late Jan/Feb, I'd say holiday season is worst time to buy, and after that a fair number of retailers do clearance sales. The other time is probably mid to late summer, I think retailers get a drag between people being on holiday and it being too warm to ship, so might cut a extra percent or two off normal margin to get cash flow. But as noted, I've found great deals at all times of year.
There are also some times that you are more likely to find closeouts on a particular type of wine, as new vintage arrives. That varies according to wine, and probably more on low end where retailer just wants to have one vintage of a NZ SB or whatever, less so with classified Bordeaux, Barolo, etc. Though there sometimes pricing pressure to move out "lesser" vintages as acclaimed vintages arrive.