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Wine Prices in Ireland

  • 19-08-2014 09:48PM
    #1
    andersat2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭


    Is it just me, or wine prices went up everywhere by 1-2 eur?

    in tescos everything starting now from 8.00 - 8.50 eur (not talking about tesco own wines). Just a month ago it was possible to buy decent wine for 6.50 - 7.00 eur

    same in lidl.


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  • #2
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Could I suggest

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1353


  • #3
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    "I saw a wino eating a grape, I was like 'dude, you have to wait!'" - Mitch Hedberg


  • #4
    fran17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭fran17


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    Could I suggest

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1353

    who asked you fresh fish:p


  • #5
    HurtLocker
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    Im not sure but the greedy bastards in the Dail added a €1 tax onto wine a year or two ago. All drink is too dear here but the fools in the dail insist it's too cheap.


  • #6
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    andersat2 wrote: »
    Just a month ago it was possible to buy decent wine for 6.50 - 7.00 eur
    .

    You'll never buy "decent wine" in Ireland for 6.50/7.00 euro


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  • #7
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,306 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Aldi Bordeaux Superiour at €7.29 and Dunnes Bordeaux Cruse at €6.90 are both decent enough in the price bracket you want.


  • #8
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    They may be decent but at that price level when taxes, transport costs and profits are taken away the wine is only worth something like 20 cents.


  • #9
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,306 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    They may be decent but at that price level when taxes, transport costs and profits are taken away the wine is only worth something like 20 cents.

    I estimate it at somewhere around €2.00 for the wine value. Obviously excise duty and VAT are a killer but shipping is negligible enough from France (would be more worried about something from Chile in that price bracket) and the stores are probably positioning it as a small profit item.
    Just a suggestion for the OP anyway in that price range, if he splashes out on €12-€15 wine I'd have different thoughts.


  • #10
    Cleite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Cleite


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    They may be decent but at that price level when taxes, transport costs and profits are taken away the wine is only worth something like 20 cents.

    I wonder how one would go about setting up a wine club as a business?... My hubby is French and big into organic wine. He's been wondering for a while if it would be a runner - him basically doing runs back and forth to France. I suppose he'd need a license all the same? Any advice anyone? He'd only really be looking to make minimum wage out of it.


  • #11
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    ArmaniJeanss wrote: »
    I estimate it at somewhere around €2.00 for the wine value. Obviously excise duty and VAT are a killer but shipping is negligible enough from France (would be more worried about something from Chile in that price bracket) and the stores are probably positioning it as a small profit item.
    Just a suggestion for the OP anyway in that price range, if he splashes out on €12-€15 wine I'd have different thoughts.

    I was going by the BBC for the UK. Could be different here but most people would assume our taxes are higher.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1QGkvB6dBHK5fB37jyKf0f/how-much-is-your-discounted-supermarket-wine-really-worth

    The first £2 of a typical £4.99 supermarket wine pays for the excise duty. And if the wine comes from outside the EU then that’s a fee of 11 pence. A 20% VAT also contributes to the price of the wine. This means £2.94 goes on tax – more than half the price of the bottle of wine.

    Transport, storage and packaging accounts for another 60 pence and the supermarket takes around 30% – £1.25.

    The money left over after is the actual amount that is spent on the wine – 20 pence.


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  • #12
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    With very few exceptions the majority of wine under €12 on sale in Ireland is nasty swill. Fine if your modus operandi is to get pissed and talk shîte on the Internet; not so good if you want to actually enjoy the taste of decent wine.


  • #13
    Pumpkinseeds
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    Lidl do some nice wines for under 7 euro a bottle. There's a lot of wine snobbery, you don't have to pay a lot of money to get a tasty bottle of wine. All said and done it comes down to personal preference.


  • #14
    Drag00n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    About 64% of the price of bottle of wine for sale in Ireland is revenue for the govt.


  • #15
    Patrick2010
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    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Lidl do some nice wines for under 7 euro a bottle. There's a lot of wine snobbery, you don't have to pay a lot of money to get a tasty bottle of wine. All said and done it comes down to personal preference.

    Well said, both Aldi and Lidl do very nice wines for a fiver. I probably have no taste in some peoples view but I find them very drinkable.


  • #16
    robertxxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭robertxxx


    OP blame lies with your political leader.


  • #17
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    With very few exceptions the majority of wine under €12 on sale in Ireland is nasty swill. Fine if your modus operandi is to get pissed and talk shîte on the Internet;

    Bingo. :)
    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    not so good if you want to actually enjoy the taste of decent wine.

    Goddamit.

    Wine snob. :mad:


  • #18
    Molester Stallone II
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    Plenty of wines for €12 or less that are very drinkable, and there are many wines over €25 that are muck.


  • #19
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    Patrick2010 wrote: »
    Well said, both Aldi and Lidl do very nice wines for a fiver. I probably have no taste in some peoples view but I find them very drinkable.

    Yeah Lidl had a couple of nice bottles of white that they raised in price from about 5 euro to 6.50, which is a mistake as people can easily pick up a bottle for 7 euro in any supermarket, so why would you bother going out to the way to go to Lidl just for the wine.


  • #20
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I'd sooner spend a fiver on the petrol that would get me to Newry than overspend on some of the piss you get down here.


  • #21
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Yeah Lidl had a couple of nice bottles of white that they raised in price from about 5 euro to 6.50, which is a mistake as people can easily pick up a bottle for 7 euro in any supermarket, so why would you bother going out to the way to go to Lidl just for the wine .

    Most Lidl, nowadays, are situated more or less in the Tesco car parks :D

    Ok, fair enough enough. In my case (naas) it's an aldi, but pretty sure in edenderry for example, it's Tesco/Lidl in the same plot.




    I'm guessing that pisses Tesco off no end. Every Lidl helps though.


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  • #22
    Cleite
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    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Yeah Lidl had a couple of nice bottles of white that they raised in price from about 5 euro to 6.50, which is a mistake as people can easily pick up a bottle for 7 euro in any supermarket, so why would you bother going out to the way to go to Lidl just for the wine.

    To be fair, I would think that it was probably a supplier issue. Lidl are very fair with their prices - I took back a list of some wines in Lidl in Skibbereen and checked them against our local Lidl here in France - definitely no unfair markup and really very little profit on it for them. Nearly all excise and VAT. As for the wine snobs, we got married recently and had mostly French people at the wedding and many of them know a bit about wine. Two of the big hits on the day were a Pouilly Fuissé and a Chateauneuf du Pape - both from Lidl and at knock down prices even for France. So yeah, Lidl is always worth a look for wine.


  • #23
    Ihatecuddles
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    Baron Saint Jean
    €3.99 in Aldi, really nice!


  • #24
    Davarus Walrus
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    mauzo! wrote: »
    Baron Saint Jean
    €3.99 in Aldi, really nice!

    It can also be used for stripping paint off a boat.


  • #25
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    mauzo! wrote: »
    Baron Saint Jean
    €3.99 in Aldi, really nice!

    Red/white?

    Buckfast man meself. How does it compare:confused:


  • #26
    Ihatecuddles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,986 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Red/white?

    Buckfast man meself. How does it compare:confused:

    both! and rose :)


  • #27
    recylingbin
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    HurtLocker wrote: »
    Im not sure but the greedy bastards in the Dail added a €1 tax onto wine a year or two ago. All drink is too dear here but the fools in the dail insist it's too cheap.
    Easy decieion for them, they don't have to pay for their drink. We pick up that tab.


  • #28
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    recylingbin wrote: »
    Easy decieion for them, they don't have to pay for their drink. We pick up that tab.

    No we don't. More claptrap.


  • #29
    fussyonion
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    OP, I noticed the same thing. I used to be able to get wine for €5 in Tesco. It's called "El Chucaro" and the white is really nice; kinda dry.

    It's now €6.50 and I've yet to see any wine under €6.50 in Tesco.
    I know there's people who'll say "any wine under such-and-such amount is swill", but I just go by what I like.

    And I really don't care if 64% of the price of the wine goes to the Government. If it's only costing me €6.50, that's how much it's costing.
    I don't get this "the wine is really only €2"...It makes no difference to me when I'm drinking it!

    Baron St.John wine is horrible in my opinion.


  • #30
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    No we don't. More claptrap.
    hahahha.
    How naive of you.


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  • #31
    Banjo String
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    Davarus Walrus wrote: »
    No we don't. More claptrap.

    Well I'm pretty sure the bar in the Dail is subsidized.

    So partly true.


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