Originally posted by Mordac
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The current massive EU tariff on sparkling wine from Australia is €0.24 per bottle.
Although 'spoons PR is that:
“It imposes tariffs on the 93 per cent of the world that is not in the EU, keeping prices high for UK consumers."
So, will their customers see a massive drop in the price of the Aussie wine? I doubt it.
Will they sell Denbies sparkling at £25 a bottle, or will it be on there at £45, while Hardy's sparkling Chardonnay goes on as the £25 option?
As for their "craft" beer options, there's only one that might be considered craft - Brewdog. The others are Diageo/TCB/ABI derivatives.
Your comment about getting English sparkling wine in French bars is very true. You don't. There's a simple reason for that. A local Cremant in France retails at €8-15 per bottle. An English sparkling in the UK retails at £20-40. Why would a bar try to sell something that's 3x the price of their local produce?
And why is UK wine so expensive?
Because of UK duty on the manufacturing. Nothing to do with the EU, or anywhere else. In the UK, to produce a bottle of sparkling wine, the manufacturer will pay approx 45% duty. In France, the figure is 5%.
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