Price rise will punish casual wine drinkers
September 02, 2009 12:00am
SISTERS Sarah and Jess Heinjus regularly enjoy a glass of wine after work and do not want to see prices increased.
But they believe that something needs to be done to stop underage drinking.
"I understand they need to do something to stop young people binge drinking, but it's a bad idea for the wine industry during the drought," Sarah said.
"It will have a bad impact on the price of a glass of wine and won't stop teenagers drinking at all."
Enjoying the Melbourne sunset and drinking a local pinot noir, Jess said she didn't think the changes, such as introducing a minimum floor price for standard drinks, would be effective.
"I think it will probably stop people enjoying a glass of wine as often," she said.
"I like drinking a glass of wine almost every day, and I think if they raise the price it will mean people like me buy less Australian wine."
Cheap wine would rise dramatically in price and a minimum floor price could be applied to all alcoholic beverages under recommendations before the Rudd Government.
The television and sports industries will revolt over plans to ban advertising during sporting events.
The plan would end alcohol sponsorship of events such as the Australian F1 Grand Prix and Melbourne Cup.
The taskforce acknowledges that alcohol "is intrinsically part of Australian culture".
But it says one in five Australians aged over 14 put themselves at immediate risk at least once a month by drinking to excess.
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