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Liquor merchants decry what they call unprecedented AGLC wine price hike

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A 15 per cent tax on premium wines is unprecedented by Alberta ’s liquor distributor and punishes consumers, say retailers.

The increase will drive the price of a $ 40 bottle of wine to $ 44 and a $ 100 purchase to $ 115 , says Balpreet Tatla , owner of BSW Liquor .

It comes at a delicate time when wine sales have been trending down in recent years and with the impact of the U.S. tariff war looming.

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