US Tariff Tussles Stuff Of Nightmares For Bordeaux Winemakers

Source: International Business Times

A visitor enjoys the Bordeaux wine festival -- but US tariffs will hit hard a sector already under pressure AFP French wine producers, already reeling from a downturn in their market, still do not know how bitter a taste the US tariffs on wine will leave on their palates. In southwestern France, around the Bordeaux region's famed vineyards, months of talk on what US President Donald Trump will decide on tariffs have been the stuff of nightmares for producers as they look on helplessly. The United States is by far the top export market for Bordeaux's wine, accounting for 400 million euros ($470 million) worth of annual sales -- or about 20 percent of the total.