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Title: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Bubbles on July 15, 2015, 02:43:19 PM
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Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: floo on July 15, 2015, 03:00:23 PM
Is wine that cheap drinkable?
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: L.A. on July 15, 2015, 04:34:39 PM
You can certainly purchase some very nice wine abroad for less than £2 a bottle, but I suspect that Customs and Excise might take an interest in this scheme and you could find yourself with a bill for the duty.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Shaker on July 15, 2015, 04:36:35 PM
You can certainly purchase some very nice wine abroad for less than £2 a bottle, but I suspect that Customs and Excise might take an interest in this scheme and you could find yourself with a bill for the duty.
Yeah, but it's not what you know, it's who you know  ;)
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on July 15, 2015, 04:59:42 PM
Romanian wine can be bought for under £2 a bottle, its great stuff.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: jeremyp on July 15, 2015, 06:57:29 PM
You can certainly purchase some very nice wine abroad for less than £2 a bottle, but I suspect that Customs and Excise might take an interest in this scheme and you could find yourself with a bill for the duty.

I think it would be alright if it's for your personal use.  I have done the wine run to France a couple of times and on neither occasion were Customs interested in levying any kind of duty.  If you want to sell it, I presume it would attract the same taxes as any wine sold in the UK by retailers.

Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Udayana on July 15, 2015, 07:03:23 PM
You can certainly purchase some very nice wine abroad for less than £2 a bottle, but I suspect that Customs and Excise might take an interest in this scheme and you could find yourself with a bill for the duty.

Hmm that might be true, the website seems to imply there are no more taxes to pay on it

http://www.portugalvineyards.com/general/faqs

However one of the stipulations on the government site is that you must transport it yourself, which of course you are not doing if it is delivered.

https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/arrivals-from-eu-countries

probably a good ideas to check before ordering.

Well .. what's their shipping charge? Normally duty/vat applies to goods shipped from outside the EU (ie not for Portugal)

Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: jeremyp on July 15, 2015, 07:05:52 PM

Well .. what's their shipping charge? Normally duty/vat applies to goods shipped from outside the EU.

Has Portugal left the EU?
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Udayana on July 15, 2015, 07:09:13 PM
I think they are waiting for Greece to test the water.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Rhiannon on July 15, 2015, 07:12:32 PM
Yay! Cheap legal high buying advice!
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Shaker on July 15, 2015, 07:14:02 PM
Yay! Cheap legal high buying advice!
Has worked for me for more years than I care to recall.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Rhiannon on July 15, 2015, 07:19:36 PM
Yay! Cheap legal high buying advice!
Has worked for me for more years than I care to recall.

It's only because I don't believe you should be drunk whilst in charge of small people that I can't say the same.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: OH MY WORLD! on July 15, 2015, 08:03:18 PM
Do you people really want to go for the cheapest? Whatever.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6794626/second-cheapest-wine
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Sebastian Toe on July 16, 2015, 09:18:18 AM
http://www.portugalvineyards.com/results/no-category/no-manuf?custom_f_4[0]=5265642057696e65&custom_f_4[1]=4f6c697665204f696c


Apparently no duty is payable because it is in the EU and you have paid it n the country of origin

Anyone do this already?

 ;D

£1.38 bottle of red,
add to cart,
checkout


£1.38
Subtotal:
£1.38
Shipment Fee:
£8.50
Tax Total
£1.75
 
Total:
£9.88
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 16, 2015, 09:21:48 AM
http://www.portugalvineyards.com/results/no-category/no-manuf?custom_f_4[0]=5265642057696e65&custom_f_4[1]=4f6c697665204f696c


Apparently no duty is payable because it is in the EU and you have paid it n the country of origin

Anyone do this already?

 ;D

£1.38 bottle of red,
add to cart,
checkout


£1.38
Subtotal:
£1.38
Shipment Fee:
£8.50
Tax Total
£1.75
 
Total:
£9.88

Value depends if the shipment fee is per bottle, per case or per order.
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: Sebastian Toe on July 16, 2015, 09:26:16 AM
http://www.portugalvineyards.com/results/no-category/no-manuf?custom_f_4[0]=5265642057696e65&custom_f_4[1]=4f6c697665204f696c


Apparently no duty is payable because it is in the EU and you have paid it n the country of origin

Anyone do this already?

 ;D

£1.38 bottle of red,
add to cart,
checkout


£1.38
Subtotal:
£1.38
Shipment Fee:
£8.50
Tax Total
£1.75
 
Total:
£9.88

Value depends if the shipment fee is per bottle, per case or per order.

36 bottles?

£1.38
£49.73
Subtotal:
£49.73
Shipment Fee:
£44.63
Tax Total
£13.96
 
Total:
£94.36
Title: Re: Buying wine for under £2 a bottle
Post by: ~TW~ on July 16, 2015, 11:43:21 AM
http://www.portugalvineyards.com/results/no-category/no-manuf?custom_f_4[0]=5265642057696e65&custom_f_4[1]=4f6c697665204f696c


Apparently no duty is payable because it is in the EU and you have paid it n the country of origin

Anyone do this already?

 ;D

 No I grow grapes and in September ship them down to a local vineyard in Essex he turns them into wine and I get a percentage no cost  :)

 ~TW~