Re:Has wine gone bad?
by gowld on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @06:25PM
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Whiskey is 40% ABV, and wine is 13% ABV, So an $8 750mL bottle of wine is equivalent to a $25 750mL bottle of whiskey.
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Re:Has wine gone bad?
by toomanybeersies on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @10:25PM
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If you're getting drunk, yes, they are equivalent.
But pricing doesn't really scale with alcohol content, in particular given the extra work required to create whisk(e)y.
The sheer amount of tax here in Australia means price does scale nearly linearly with alcohol content, up to a ceiling anyway. Our laws are weird.
Re:Has wine gone bad?
by toomanybeersies on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:46AM
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Things are all weird in Australia, as tax makes such a large proportion of the price (the tax on spirits is about $33 per litre, for non-Aussie HNers).
I actually did some research, and my above comment isn't really right. Whisky is priced as a luxury good, the pricing isn't really related to cost price.
Despite Australian taxes, Ardbeg 10 will set you back $85.90 for a 70cl in Australia, AU$76 in Britain, and AU$80 in the USA.
Price only really scales to alcohol content for spirits and beer in Australia though, not wine. You can buy a 5 L box of wine for $9.