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Sigh. £6 a bottle of cheapest wine here in UK because of import tax and alcohol tax. And I could buy British gin in Hong Kong cheaper than in UK
by charlieyu1 4y ago
Sigh. £6 a bottle of cheapest wine here in UK because of import tax and alcohol tax.
And I could buy British gin in Hong Kong cheaper than in UK
- switch007 4y agoYou can find cheaper than £6 but you probably don’t want to drink it Eg £4 https://www.aldi.co.uk/kooliburra-australian-chardonnay/p/047963003899400 https://www.aldi.co.uk/kooliburra-australian-chardonnay/p/04...
- leoedin 4y agoOnce you take into account duty, VAT, packaging, transport and supermarket markup a £5 bottle of wine leaves maybe 25p for the wine producer. That's why the quality/price relationship is so non-linear at the bottom end. 20% more on the bottle price is 400% more to the producer. https://www.decanter.com/learn/tax-wine-much-pay-uk-ask-decanter-357119/ https://www.decanter.com/learn/tax-wine-much-pay-uk-ask-deca...
- teh_klev 4y agoSee also minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland.
- charlieyu1 4y agoJust checked, what a rubbish law. Doesn’t affect the rich who drink expensive stuff while screwing the poor. In the name of protecting people as well.
- teh_klev 4y agoYep. It also made unnecessary busy work for UK wide online retailers such as Majestic who had to add a special case for sales to folks in Scotland.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoI can buy Jameson cheaper in pretty much all of Europe, relative to Ireland. It's very sad.