Don’t Tax Our Wine Irish Cry as Budget Finds Austerity Threshold

The Corkscrew Wine Merchants in Dublin did a week’s trade in one afternoon yesterday as shoppers made sure they beat a surprise increase in tax on alcohol. Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he would raise the levy on a bottle of wine by 1 euro ($1.30), or about 40 percent, at midnight, …

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Don’t Tax Our Wine Irish Cry as Budget Finds Austerity Threshold