The Auswine Forum

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:17 pm**

After spending the past several weeks in US on vacation I've returned home to SA to find (with great surprise) a mailer from the Grateful Palate offering the 1998 Chris Ringland Shiraz (formally three rivers).
What is most interesting is the wine is being offered to Australian residents at AUD$660 per bottle, and to US non-CA residents at US$300 (or at current exchange rates AUD$440).
So it appears Australians are having to pay substantially more then US residents for this Australian wine!!!
Did anyone else receive this mailer???

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:39 pm**

Could this be a taxation issue???

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2003 8:05 pm**

Adam wrote:Could this be a taxation issue???

Quite probably, no WET and GST on exports!

Are we lucky we have these taxes on our profitable wine industry! :roll:

Posted: **Mon Sep 29, 2003 8:58 pm**

The GST/WET plus agent disc. will go into the Gratefull Palate coffers.