April Newsletter

Play Ball!

This is not how anyone in the U.S. wine industry wanted to start out the spring, but the prospect of tariffs on European wines (up to 200%) is dominating our thoughts. 

The President of the United States has threatened a 200% tariff on all European wines. If he goes through with it, the 200%, or even 50% tariff, will encompass all still and sparkling wines produced anywhere in the EU, regardless of the alcohol level. Most industry experts agree that it will severely cripple the U.S. wine industry and causing many American importers, distributors, retailers and restaurants to either drastically shrink their businesses or go out of business altogether. This will also hurt the transportation and logistics industries and the businesses that serve them. In addition, this will hurt most small to mid-sized American wineries who rely on wine shops and a supply chain that include the threatened distributors.

The United States wine industry is in lockstep against the tariffs.

Please consider submitting written testimony on wine tariffs on all European wines. Visit www.regulations.gov to submit written testimony.

Now, how about some wine?

We are offering six-pack discounts on a couple of the wines below. Six-packs ordered through the website will have discounts applied manually when we process your order.