July 21, 2007
More musings on Musar
Now I've long defended the price of booze in Sweden. People keep telling me that it's really dear, but I reckon that it's only as pricey as London (admittedly that's too expensive by far).
That doesn't mean that there aren't anomalies. On my recent trip to Stockholm, I took this photo of Château Musar on sale in Systembolaget (the Swedish retail alcohol monopoly):
Do you see the price? SEK 242. That's £17.80. I paid a little over £11 for the case that I bought. Same year. Same wine.
I make that a 60% jump in price.
The exception that proves the rule?
Bloody good wine though and it blimmin' well doesn't taste of Marmite!
Note 1: Systembolaget's mission is "To minimize alcohol-related problems by selling alcohol in a responsible way, without profit motive."
Note 2: Prices may be on the rise in the UK.
Posted by dompannell at July 21, 2007 9:17 PM