The Karnataka government is to implement its new wine policy in the state from August 1. While proposing to ease the rules and reduce the licence fees for setting up new wineries and “wine taverns”, the government has simultaneously sought to increase the cost of importing wines from outside the state from Rs 10 to Rs 300 per litre, thereby increasing costs to consumers by Rs 280 per bottle, and wiping out most wines now being brought in from Maharashtra.

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