Aldi Australia to sell bottles of wine for only $2.79 WA store

Aldi Australia has been approved to sell bottles of wine for as little as $2.79 at a store in Perth.

The German supermarket’s Harrisdale store was given the green light to sell the dirt-cheap alcohol despite initial rejections over its wine retailing for less than $3.

Three varieties of wine will be sold at the WA outlet for the low price – but police have warned it could prompt people to drink more and increase alcohol-fuelled crime.

Aldi Australia is approved for the sale of 60 wines, 16 beers, 15 spirits and four ciders, – but it is conditional on the bottles not being refrigerated, the section being monitored by CCTV and being clearly separated from the store’s grocery items.

When asked when the $2.79 bottles will be available for purchase in store, Aldi stated: ‘We do not currently have a confirmed date for ALDI Liquor in WA.’

Daily Mail Australia enlisted the expert opinion of famed wine connoisseur James Halliday – and he said he has ‘tasted some’ Aldi wine and agrees it is of good value.

Aldi has also applied to sell alcohol at its Rockingham and Kalamunda stores in Western Australia.

The supermarket giant is currently advertising online several varieties of its Precious Earth wine for $2.69, while other bottles are sold at prices between $4.99 and $19.99.

Aldi, Coles and Woolworths control more than 70 percent of wine sales in Australia, selling $24billion worth of liquor every year.

An oversupply of wine and an overdrive of demand means Australian consumers don’t have to look too far for a cheap drop.

But West Australia Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan said the low-priced booze has the potential to encourage crime and violence.

‘There has been research done on the impact of the cost of alcohol and it was found the lower the price of alcohol the higher the consumption and the higher the flow on problems for alcohol related crime,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.

‘It impacts family and domestic violence, anti-social and other criminal behaviour and only time will tell whether there is an impact from this latest court decision.’

However the Liquor Commission of Western Australia found the social risks of the Harrisdale store selling cheap alcohol to be minimal.

‘The locality is not experiencing alcohol related harm at rates higher than other areas,’ it stated.

‘There is no specific evidence to suggest that the granting of the licence will result in harm and ill-health to a level that would be deem

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