http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/should-i-but-wine-at-the-airport-at-double-the-price/ The insiders' guide to food and drink in Melbourne. Since 2005. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/should-i-but-wine-at-the-airport-at-double-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Ed Charles Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:21:28 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=271#comment-697 I know it's crazy. A friend of mine who is addicted to Aussie reds lives in Singapore. As a humble journalist I don't know how he manages it (although I know his wife is weening him on tos omething that doesn't dye his teeth). I know it’s crazy. A friend of mine who is addicted to Aussie reds lives in Singapore. As a humble journalist I don’t know how he manages it (although I know his wife is weening him on tos omething that doesn’t dye his teeth).

]]> http://www.tomatom.com/2006/04/should-i-but-wine-at-the-airport-at-double-the-price/comment-page-1/#comment-696 MM Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:28:53 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=271#comment-696 Hell no! They charge a bloody premium here for wine - duty free or not. I remember a wine class I attended where I was told that the government puts so many licence fees, taxation and what not on wines that a $13 wine will become a $30 wine in Singapore. It's rubbish and seriously getting in the way of my goal to be a dissolute alkie. Hell no! They charge a bloody premium here for wine – duty free or not. I remember a wine class I attended where I was told that the government puts so many licence fees, taxation and what not on wines that a $13 wine will become a $30 wine in Singapore. It’s rubbish and seriously getting in the way of my goal to be a dissolute alkie.

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