Food & Drinks
What the New UK Alcohol Duties Mean for Your £10 Bottle of Wine
Experts are now calling wine priced below £8 “undrinkable.”
New alcohol tariffs mean that the price of a quality budget wine is changing.
Photographer: d3sign/Moment RFYou would expect a £10 ($13) bottle of wine to be a little better than a £7 bottle.
But those extra £3 could make it twice as good a bottle, according to UK winemakers. That’s primarily because of the way alcohol duties have been structured in the UK for years.