Wine quiz: Which famous couple produce a rosé in Provence?
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Approximately what percentage of the retail price of a bottle of wine in Australia is tax?
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Which town is on the site of the earliest white settlement in the Barossa Valley?
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Which famous couple produce a rosé in Provence?
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Which is not the name of a grape variety?
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Which of these film directors owns a winery in the Napa Valley?
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What is the meaning of the word Yarra?
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Which name was a common synonym for shiraz in the past?
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Which was the original Bordeaux garagiste winery?
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Which of these grapevine afflictions is (happily) unknown in Australia?
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I’m also not sure about the answer to the first question. From my calculations, the retailer would have to mark up less than 5% to achieve a 29% tax figure on the retail selling price. A $10 bottle marked up 300% to sell for $56.76 only has 14% of tax in its final selling price (typical situation with cheaply imported Euro wine promoted by a ‘Sommelier’!)
Gents, I’m not sure about your answer for the amount of tax on the retail price of wine. WET is 29% of the wholesale price. If a retailer doubles wholesale inc WET for their selling price the amount of tax the public pays would be 14.5% plus 10% GST. Different mark ups would make the amount of tax paid by the public different
Thanks William, you are right of course, it should be the first answer. We will fix that, and hope to short-cut any furious letters to the federal treasurer.