Wine levy earns Revenue €45m
The Department of Finance has said that the new levy on wine has taken in €45m so far this year.
An extra levy of €1 per bottle was imposed on wine in the last Budget.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan says 45 million bottles of wine were sold between January and the end of August.
In total, taxes on alcohol products have brought in €175m in the first eight months of a year.
