As Maclean’s reported last week, alcohol sales at large Canadian retailers were up seventeen per cent this past October in comparison to October 2007, while the Globe and Mail reported in December that the sale of high-priced liquors, such as champagne and ice wine, were way down. This isn't surprising: when times are tough people tend to hit the cheaper bottles a little harder. But sales of inexpensive liquor aren't just up at retailers—in order to save money, more and more Torontonians are making their own booze or turning towards Toronto's on-premise beer- and wine-making establishments.
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Newsstand: November 23, 2009