TWINKLE Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=513023&in_page_id=1770 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Any body know how much a bottle of 2004 is direct from the Chateau ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Pétrus doesn't have a Chateau - but you knew this already didn't you Anton?[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Perhaps it was really one of these: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/4/1104218/ShowPost.aspx#1104218 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote user="Anton Redman"]Any body know how much a bottle of 2004 is direct from the Chateau ?[/quote]A quick search online shows that a magnum (this was a magnum rather than a bottle) can be bought from a wine merhant in London for US $254, or from a merchant in France for US $468. Both are the same vintage from the same château (La Fleur)Who said it was cheaper to buy wine in France than in Britain? Incidentally, the same French merchant has a magnum of the same vintage but from a different producer at $2845. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 I saw it in Lidl last week for 1.99 euros[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I do not know what the cross over point is now but because UK has a higher duty on alcohol but a lower VAT rate it used to be the case that above about £ 8 per bottle and assuming the same markup more expensive wines had a lower tax content in the UK.Must get out more they are only 15 minutes down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Twinkle - buy me a couple of cases, will you? [:D]Anton - I quite agree. I still buy cheap wine in France of course, but more for expensive bottles I'm not bothered where I get it - it's more a case of where I find the one I want. Mind you, for me (and I suspect most people) 'expensive' kicks in at considerably below £18,000, even in a flashy restaurant. When you can get a decent Gigondas in Tesco for a fiver (unfortunately that offer has come to an end) why go to France? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 [quote user="Anton Redman"]I do not know what the cross over point is now but because UK has a higher duty on alcohol but a lower VAT rate it used to be the case that above about £ 8 per bottle and assuming the same markup more expensive wines had a lower tax content in the UK.[/quote]Anton - not quite sure where you got your figures and how old they are - but today a bottle of wine has to be around £80 (eighty) before you pay less tax in the UK than in France.The difference in VAT is only 2p in the pound (19.6% vs 17.5%). The UK adds a flat £1.33 per bottle in excise duty. UK VAT applies to the excise duty thus adding another 23p . To recover that £1.56 in extra UK tax the wine needs to cost more than £78.rgdsHagar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Must have been in the dim and distant past when higher rate was 12.5 % . Even that does not work very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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