The cost of wine – what does Wine Making cost?
Have you ever considered the costs involved in buying a bottle of wine? With the current economic pressures, we want to highlight the breakdown of the costs of a bottle of wine. Looking specifically at Commercial Wine vs Home Brew Wine.
Factors to be considered in winemaking include; Money for the producer at the vineyard, packaging, logistics, and government taxes which include excise duty on the alcohol and VAT. Then we have the margin for the distributor and the retailer.
It’s commonly advertised that the more money you spend on wine, the better quality of wine you will receive. You receive better value for money on premium products, which is true with home brew wine kits too. We highly recommend the Wine Expert Range as a premium option but also have some budget-friendly wine-making kits too.
Commercially Sold Wine vs Homebrew Wine
The average price of a bottle of wine in the supermarket in 2022 is just over £6.00 per bottle: VAT is currently 20% £1.20, Excise duty is currently £2.23 per bottle, which leaves 2.57 to cover the Vineyard for manufacturing, packaging, logistics and given a layer of margin to wholesaler & retailer.
The average price of a bottle of home brew wine in 2022 is just below £1.30 per bottle, and you don’t have to pay any VAT or excise duty. Checkout the extensive range of Wine Making Ingredients Kits
Key Benefits to making your own wine
- Cost Effective
- Full control of the additives – fewer thickeners, colours, sweeteners & sulphites
- Nutritional Value – there is more nutritional value in home brew wine than that commercially produced wines.
- Easy to make – minimal starter equipment required, and savings can be recouped in the first batch.
- Ability to tweak flavour, abv and create a bespoke wine to suit
- It’s a very rewarding hobby. You can enjoy the production process, packaging and they make incredible personalised gifts
If you’re making your own wine at home, we would encourage you to buy premium quality wine-making ingredient kits to make the best possible product. Check out the table below breaking down the costs of our range of wine-making ingredient kits.
If you need assistance making your own wine, we have many resources on the Geterbrewed Youtube Channel and Wine Making Beginner Starter Kits section on the GEB websites. If you need further assistance, don’t hesitate to ask, we want to help you brew consistently and impressively.