Wine
Beer, wine and spirits will rise by 6% above inflation - the biggest monetary rise since the 1970s.
ALCOHOL TAX RISES
Beer - up 4p a pint
Cider - up 3p a pint
Wine - up 14p a bottle
Spirits - up 55p a bottle
The price of alcohol has barely changed since the mid 1990s, meaning when inflation is taken into account it has fallen in real terms.
Price promotions by retailers obviously play a part, but then so does the trend in excise duty hikes.
Increases in recent years have been minimal. Duty on beer and wine has only broadly kept pace with inflation.
Some £1.33 is currently levied on a bottle wine - compared to £1.12 in 1998.
Meanwhile, the duty on spirits had been frozen since 1997.
It comes at a time when more and more pressure is being placed on the government to use the lever of price to tackle binge-drinking Britain.