Duty is already obscenely high and is driving people north to Newry and south to Le Havre to buy their wine. An increase will make a difficult winter even trickier for wine importers and the hospitality trade alike.
Don't do it, Brian - use your imagination and do something interesting to stimulate the economy rather than harking back to the 1970s and the Minister of Hardship etc....
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Given that the last increase in duty on wine was over a decade ago, and that the health lobby are targeting any form of alcohol consumption, I think that wine is definitely going to get hit this time.
I reckon duty will go to at least €2.30, and possibly up to €2.50 per bottle.
I fear you are right....
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