Flying Blue: Navigating the tricky waters of global wine imports

Bottling wines at White Cloud winery in Marlborough, New Zealand.Over the centuries, the wine world has rarely faced a scenario quite as daunting as today’s: steep new US tariffs on European alcohol imports, coupled with declining global demand for wine.
When asked about the business impacts of these challenges, Michael Kaiser, Executive Vice President and Director of Government Affairs for USA winegrower lobbyist WineAmerica, had a blunt response: ‘This whole thing is a giant mess.&