How Trump’s Tariffs Can Affect California Wine

Like California moves toward Sue President Donald Trump’s administration for tariffs, Californians who work in the state -owned wine industry, agricultural and ports You need to navigate a gloomy economic perspective that could surpass their livelihood, writes Calmatters’ LevagsS

Igor Ivanov owns the Vine Reverie wine shop in Walnut Creek. As he sells mostly wines from Europe – where Trump threatens 200% tariffs – Ivanov said he may need to make some changes, including to stock up on California wines or to close his store completely.

• Ivanov: “I’ll have to think if it’s worth staying in the business.”

Bet: The US wine industry makes about $ 86 billion annual sales, according to US Bureau for Census and California Exported from $ 1.3 billion in 2022.S

But tariffs not only affect wine sellers. Winemakers can collide at higher bottle costs, as the glass is imported most from China, as well as labels, plugs, wooden stakes for vines and others.

California is also a major exporter of wine consisting of 95% of US exports to the United States, a spokesman for the Wine Institute said. More than one -third of exports go to Canada, a country where some of its political leaders publicly criticize Trump’s rates and warned against the trip to the US

US representative Mike Thompson, a Democrat, whose area includes Napa’s wine side, said some of his voters have announced that their Canadian business partners have canceled hundreds of thousands of dollars. Potential sales of Mexico or the European Union are also in detention. A winery in St. Elena told Thompson’s staff that due to the rates imposed Trump during his first term, she lost 90% of her business with China.

But Natalie Collins, President of the California Wine Producers Association, said it could have one benefit: racing rates, including those from Europe, can help local wineries in California.

This includes Bruce Lundquist, co -founder of the California producer of sparkling wine Rack & Riddle, who agreed with Collins.

• Lundquist: “I wish the Americans would watch wines raised in their backyard.”

For more information on how Trump’s tariffs can affect other industries, Read the story of LeviS