Liquor costs getting pricier in Illinois

Chicago, IL - A new state liquor tax hike has provided a convenient launching pad for a big round of wholesale price hikes on wine and spirits that is likely to soon make drinking a far more expensive pastime in Illinois.

The increases on thousands of products, timed to coincide with the Sept. 1 tax hike, sometimes are double or more the increase in the liquor levy alone. It may take a few weeks or months, but the higher prices now faced by liquor retailers should eventually translate into sharply higher costs for everybody from fussy wine snobs to besotted tipplers.

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