Simple answer...tax! Around 50% of a £5 bottle of wine in the UK goes straight to the Treasury.
“Return of the booze cruise? £4-a-bottle saving on French wine prompts cross-border stampede. Wine duties are up over here, and the euro's down over there, so 'booze cruising' is on the rise.” Kate Palmer, Sunday Telegraph.
Why do we sometimes go out of stock?
Apart from delays with suppliers or transport, our buying team often secure great bargains by purchasing unwanted supermarket stock at discounted wholesale rates - this explains why our fantastic range of wine changes so often. By buying at outstandingly low prices and then selling in Calais without the need to pay UK Tax and Excise Duty, our customers benefit from massive savings on quality wines from all over the world.
British shoppers pay £2.67 per bottle on still wine & £2.86 on sparkling wines compared to 2p per bottle in France on still wine and 6p per bottle on sparkling wines.
Now shopping in a tax free zone, for a minimum spend of just €100, you can claim 15% back off your total spend at The Calais Wine Superstore !!
Just download the app here:
Experienced & Most Excellent Buying Team!
To say our buying team are wheeler dealers is to do them a disservice – they are much better than that. Having worked in the cross channel trade for OVER 50 years between them, they are dedicated to bringing our customers the best possible deals on the nation's favourite wines. As well as sniffing out some stunning French wines!
"A powerful combination of rising liquor duties here and a weakening euro there have ushered in the new age of the booze cruise" Kate Palmer, The Sunday Telegraph
