Why is beer so expensive in Italy?

“In Italy beer is more expensive if you compare it to the price of wine. This happens mainly because of the taxes,” Francesca Morbidelli, who writes about Italian craft beer at Pinta Medicea, says. Big tax breaks that provide assistance to Italian winemakers do not apply to the country's brewers.



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Depends on the restaurant. But in a casual restaurant 3 to 4 euros for a glass of wine is about right, 6 euros for a beer. We went to a few osterias and trattorias in Rome where the price of a liter of the house wine (vino casa) was under 10 euro.

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The most expensive places to drink a pint in Europe are Reykjavik in Iceland (£7.81) and Oslo in Norway (£7.13), closely followed by Zürich in Switzerland (£6.54) and Helsinki in Finland (£6.33). New York in the United States is the 9th most expensive city for beer, with a pint costing £6.22 on average.

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On the whole, the report revealed that in Italy there are 8.7 million consumers at risk, 65.000 alcohol-dependent people being treated at alcohol abuse centers, and over 5.000 road accidents due to alcohol abuse detected by the Police and Carabinieri alone.

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The legal drinking age in Italy is currently 18 years old. And drinking a glass of wine, even with breakfast, is probably more common and socially acceptable in Italy than it is in the U.S. Moreover, the tradition of an after-work aperitivo has become firmly ingrained in Italian traditions.

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Lunch should be an inexpensive pleasure in Italy. If you are paying more than 13-15 euros, you are having a luxury meal, in my opinion. If, however, you are going to authentic trattorias, delis (alimentari), street carts or sandwich shops, you should expect to pay 3-10 euros, depending on what you get.

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While meal prices in Italy can vary, the average cost of food in Italy is €45 per day. Based on the spending habits of previous travelers, when dining out an average meal in Italy should cost around €18 per person. Breakfast prices are usually a little cheaper than lunch or dinner.

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As we said above, eating out in Italy is actually extremely cheap. At a restaurant in Italy, you can eat out for only 2.5 Euros (roughly 3 USD) per person for most meals. Grabbing a coffee and pastry for breakfast, and having all the pizza and house wine you can manage is surprisingly cheap!

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Peroni is Italy's most popular beer, and the lighter Peroni Nastro Azzurro is the Italian beer most likely to be found in the United States. However, as the interest in unique-tasting beers grows, many bars are expanding their regional offerings.

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