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Can confirm - it's a matter of taxation. I bought bottles of wine from there while in Italy for 3EUR per bottle. The exact same bottle retailed for 35CAD in the
by cik 6y ago
Can confirm - it's a matter of taxation. I bought bottles of wine from there while in Italy for 3EUR per bottle. The exact same bottle retailed for 35CAD in the LCBO in Toronto.
Since moving to Israel I've noticed something very similar. A bottle of Red (yes, that's a brand) can be purchased in the corner store for the equivalent of $8 CDN. In Canada the same bottle was a little over $45.
This is all about protecting the local wine industry through tarriffs - nothing else.
- qalmakka 6y ago> protecting the local wine industry through tarriffs Does the grapevine grow in Canada? That would be a surprising discovery.
- mekkkkkk 6y ago> This is all about protecting the local wine industry through tarriffs Don't you think it has to do with culture and disincentivizing? Most countries tend to tax potentially harmful products a lot higher than other products. See tobacco for example. The astronomical price for a pack of smokes is not for protecting local industries.
- dagw 6y agoIf you're taxing to disincentivize consumption, you tax all alcohol the same no matter what form it's in or where it comes from. If you're taxing European wine more than locally produced wine then it obviously has nothing to do with health.
- mekkkkkk 6y agoOf course, but the post I replied to said nothing about local vs import. It only said that some bottles of wine was a lot more expensive in Canada than in their countries of origin.