No wine in Quebec

One would think that with its French history and great restaurants wine would be readily available in Quebec's two big cities - Montreal and Quebec City. Well its apparently not unless we looked in all the wrong places. The SAQ - or state owned stores were woefully overpriced and poorly stocked - despite the five employees working the floor at the SAQ in the Hotel Fontenac in Quebec City. We found one good Seyval Blanc Quebec wine in a restaurant, Orpailleur Vineyards, but way overpriced. There was plenty of apple cider, good cider, hard cider. At the border crossing at Route 87 on the way in we stopped off at the duty free store, hoping to load up on cider. Wrong!!! For some reason cider was not for sale at the crossing; plenty of Scotch though. Great to be back in New York State with all its dumb wine laws, at least you can find good vino!!!