Originally Posted by
72andsunny
I make about half what I made in the US;
Any idea why this is? Using a basic exchange rate comparison I make almost exatcly what I was making back in the US. I'd guess that not everyone moving to NZ is going to take a 50% pay cut.
Originally Posted by
72andsunny
PS: Wine is more expensive across all price points. You can buy sub $10 wines in the supermarket, and many are not awful...but they would be sub $5 bottles at Trader Joes. At the higher end, it is just ridiculous.
I guess we drink different wine because I think this couldn't be further from the truth.
Originally Posted by
Heynekamp
I own several restaurants here in the US and loved the NZ wines but try as I might the kiwis will pay nearly double for the exact same bottle of wine than we will in the US because of their liquor taxes.
I tend to only drink NZ wine, and maybe your comment is referring to international wines, but from my experience, buying NZ wine here is cheaper than buying NZ wine in the US.