Remember what President Trump did every time Kim Jong-un did something stupid? He hit Beijing with an economic hammer. ’17/’18 DPRK does stupid, Trump slaps Xi. It worked like a charm. Xi stopped influencing Kim, Kim and Trump became friends.
Fast forward to 2025. The EU Commission does a big stupid, Trump hits Macron with an economic hammer.
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Why this approach?
See below.
If Europe is stupid enough to keep giving President Trump justification to do something with ancillary geopolitical benefits, President Trump is going to take that pitch to the bleachers every time.
Beautiful move! Nice to have an independent President beholden only to the American people.
That President is the BEST President in the history of the USA!
noswamp, I’m not all that well informed on these tariff tiffs, but it occurred to me that
1) since the E.U. in 2024 had a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum from the U.S., and
2) Trump put on a reciprocal tariff of 25% for E.U. aluminum and steel coming into the U.S. **WHY NOT**
3) both entities just utilize their own metals for domestic production and avoid tariffs on both sides?
Seems a win-win.
E.U. got emotional and kicked over a good deal.
Hey euro trash, President Trump has a big beautiful button on his desk, and his button works.
Who’s your Orange Hoover Daddy?
Counter puncher. Twice as hard.
Who said that?? I forget…. can someone remind me?
VSJPDJT 😊
I meant VSGPDJT 😁
Melania.
Who drinks European Whiskey? That aside gotta love our VSGPDJT.
For sure. Come on down here to KY and we’ll fix y’all right up!
Grandad was a Ky moonshiner back in the day. Western KY. He taught me the art when I was 9 yrs old.
What part of WKY? I grew up in Murray – Calloway County.
I’m looking for an apprenticeship.
My auntie taught me how to make blackberry wine and sweet potato pie. 🙂
elderberry wine and jam in the bathtub at grandma’s
my step daddy and his brother ran hooch for Junior Johnson back in the day, and my late FIL ran hooch for old man Palmer out of Franklin County at the same time…..gotta do the homegrown folks
Ah, make Macron get down of all fours and lap it up like a dog. 😉
Bourbon….The Cognac of the USA. Actually much better and smoother than French Cognac.
I was served a Kentucky Mule at the Shaker Village and it knocked my socks off.
The waitress said, “oh you are visiting, I’ll fix ya right up.” It was the most powerful but best drink I ever tasted. Better than any pharmaceutical the doc can prescribe.
I’m not a big drinker of European wines or champagne either. California & other domestic vintages are just fine. And EU’s beer suffers next to Yuengling, IMHAO. It’s worth some sacrifice in all this if it forces the EU into fairer trade. Keep on trucking, Trump!!
Decant a portion of Carlo Rossi Burgundy from its one-gallon jug into a fancy label Burgundy bottle and serve a glass to a wine snob. Be amazed by how many of them will compliment you on your good taste in wine. hahaha It’s true.
VERIFIED by independant researchers! People are swayed by labeling when tasting wines.
This goes back to the 60’s when some testing company used the hidden label method to see how Europeans reacted to California wines!
Not only could they NOT differentiate between French and California wines, they often PREFERRED the California wines!
Gotta remember, too, it was American grape root stock that saved the French wine industry when the French were losing their almost all vineyards to phylloxera in the 1800’s!
No doubt….Go into Sam’s and look at the labeling. They are works of art….
About 10 years back in Laguna ca. a couple ordered a
$45 bottle of wine, & it was sent to a table of realtors celebrating a closing & the couple got their $12,000 bottle of wine. The realtors were carrying on on the quality of the cheap wine. The sommelier realized the mistake & had to replace the $$$ wine.
“Bottle Shock” the movie talks about the California wine beating all the French ones in a blind taste test!!! It’s one of my favorite movies. RIP Alan Rickman
That IS my favorite wine movie as well as a really great story! Love the ending with “Jim” whacking the wine bottle with that sword and hugging the secretary. So many good moments that I don’t want to spoil it.
Done just that! What a hoot!
A friend of mine buys the wine for some restaurants. He got a real good deal on a very good wine and priced it accordingly (less because of the deal he got) no one was choosing it. They raised the price and they sold it all. 🙄
Up vote for Yuengling
Yes, but generally the most expensive stuff, still comes from France, I think.
I recall PDJT telling the story that France passed some bill into law, and when PDJT called Macaroon, he said there was “nothing he could do” until PDJT said he would teriff wines, and macaroon had the law rescinded, in about 10 minutes!
So, PDJT knows M’s vulnerable spot, and just kicked him in the fork…watch how fast M responds, lol.
In 2023, France exported $13.6 billion worth of wine globally, making it the world’s leading wine exporter by value. The U.S. was the top destination, importing $2.53 billion of French wine. To calculate the percentage of France’s total wine exports that go to the U.S.:
– Calculation: ($2.53 billion ÷ $13.6 billion) × 100 = 18.6%
So, approximately 18.6% of French wine exports went to the U.S. in 2023. This aligns with historical trends; for instance, in 2022, the U.S. accounted for about 19% of French wine exports by value ($2.1 billion out of $11.1 billion), showing a consistent range of 18-19% in recent years.
And consider that French wines make up 37% of the imported wines into the U.S. (2023 number)
I asked Grok to judge and assess the impact on France:
Let’s analyze the impact of a hypothetical 200% tariff on EU alcoholic beverages, focusing on France, as of March 13, 2025. This scenario is based on recent trade threats and data from 2023, adjusted for current trends. I’ll break it down into the requested parts: impact on France, monetary value of the tariff, impact on French trade, and price increase for a mid-level French wine bottle.
### Impact on France
France is the EU’s largest exporter of alcoholic beverages, particularly wine and spirits like Cognac and Champagne. The U.S. is a critical market, importing $3.6 billion in French wine and spirits in 2023 (down from $4.7 billion in 2022 due to destocking). Wine alone accounted for $2.53 billion, with spirits (mostly Cognac and Champagne) making up the rest, approximately $1.07 billion. A 200% tariff would triple the cost of these goods at the U.S. border, likely slashing demand significantly.
– **Volume Impact**: Historical precedent from a 25% tariff in 2019 (Airbus dispute) saw Bordeaux exports to the U.S. drop 46% in value in one month. A 200% tariff could reduce exports by 60-80%, as U.S. importers and consumers balk at the price hike. If we assume a 70% reduction, French exports to the U.S. could fall from $3.6 billion to $1.08 billion annually—a loss of $2.52 billion.
– **Industry Fallout**: The French wine and spirits sector employs over 500,000 people directly and indirectly. The Federation of French Wine and Spirits Exporters (FEVS) estimates that a sustained U.S. market loss could jeopardize 4,000 export-related jobs and take a decade to recover lost market share, as U.S. consumers shift to domestic or other global producers (e.g., Australia, Chile).
### Monetary Value of the Tariff
The monetary value of the tariff is the revenue it would generate for the U.S. government, assuming imports continue at some level. Pre-tariff, the U.S. imported $3.6 billion in French alcoholic beverages annually. A 200% tariff means for every $1 of goods, the U.S. collects $2 in duties.
– **If Imports Stay Constant**: $3.6 billion × 200% = $7.2 billion in tariff revenue. However, this is unrealistic—demand would plummet.
– **Realistic Scenario**: Assuming a 70% drop in import value (to $1.08 billion), the tariff applies to this reduced amount: $1.08 billion × 200% = **$2.16 billion** in annual tariff revenue. This reflects a balance between higher per-unit costs and lower import volumes.
### Impact on French Trade
France’s total wine and spirits exports were $16.2 billion in 2023, with the U.S. accounting for 22% ($3.6 billion). A $2.52 billion loss to the U.S. market represents a 15.6% hit to this sector’s export revenue. Broader French trade would feel ripples:
– **Trade Balance**: France’s overall exports to the U.S. were $61.2 billion in 2023. Losing $2.52 billion in alcoholic beverages drops this to $58.68 billion—a 4.1% reduction. France’s trade surplus with the U.S. (exports minus imports) was $14 billion in 2022; this could shrink or flip to a deficit if retaliatory EU tariffs on U.S. goods escalate.
– **Global Competitiveness**: U.S. shelf space lost to domestic or tariff-free producers (e.g., South America) could take years to reclaim, costing France its 31% share of U.S. wine and spirits imports (per Eurostat). Retaliatory EU tariffs, like the proposed 50% on U.S. whiskey, might offset some losses but risk a broader trade war, further disrupting $117 billion in annual France-U.S. trade.
### Price Increase for a Mid-Level French Wine Bottle
Let’s use a mid-level French wine brand as an example: **Château de la Gardine Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge**, a respected Rhône Valley wine. Pre-tariff, a 750ml bottle retails in the U.S. for about $40 (based on current online prices from retailers like Total Wine).
– **Import Cost Breakdown**: Assume the importer buys it for $15 (ex-winery price, including shipping). U.S. customs value includes this cost plus freight and insurance—say $17 total. Current duties are minimal (e.g., $0.30 per liter for wine under 14% ABV), so pre-tariff landed cost is ~$17.30.
– **With 200% Tariff**: A 200% tariff on the $17 customs value adds $34, making the landed cost $51.30. Distributors and retailers typically apply a 50% markup each: $51.30 × 1.5 = $76.95 (distributor price), then $76.95 × 1.5 = **$115.43** (retail price).
– **Price Increase**: From $40 to $115.43, that’s a **$75.43** increase per bottle—or a 188.6% jump. In practice, importers might absorb some cost or reduce margins, but even a conservative scenario (e.g., 30% markup) yields a retail price of ~$90, still a $50 (125%) increase.
Basically this screws France and the EU. And if you totally comprehend the economics behind what is written, the EU increasing their tariffs only hurts them more.
You see, that’s what sucks for them, going against a country that can produce everything and anything it imports- you can’t threaten trade, we can produce it all, even if it means shor term pain to flip some switches. However, in the EU, there’s no easy way to handle this situation other than to give in to the big dog.
And now you know why the media continues to downplay and trash Trump for dong this…the MSM is sad their darlings in the EU are between a hard place and another hard place. Rocks are not even on the table.
### Summary
– **Impact on France**: A $2.52 billion annual export loss, threatening jobs and market share.
– **Monetary Value of Tariff**: ~$2.16 billion in U.S. revenue, assuming 70% reduced imports.
– **Impact on French Trade**: A 15.6% hit to wine/spirits exports, 4.1% to total U.S. exports.
– **Bottle Price Example**: Château de la Gardine rises from $40 to $115.43—a $75.43 increase.
This tariff would devastate French exporters, boost U.S. producers short-term, and leave consumers facing tripled prices or fewer options. Numbers are grounded in 2023 data and trade patterns, with adjustments for a plausible demand drop.
Excellent analysis. Thank you for that, and also for the midnight ride 250 years ago.
Hee hee hee😂!
“rocks are not even on the table”of course they aren’t, hunter smoked em!
Haha, good one!
Tell Grok he forgot to calculate in the IRT (internal revenue tax). Its not much on wine, but as the alcohol content goes up, so does the tax. So there will be a loss to the US Treasury in tax revenue, to be offset by the duty.
Here in MD, the state adds 3% on top of 6% sales tax for all alcohol, BWL. Hence why I brew in the basement. The ingredients are raw food which is not taxed in MD.
California also taxes. In fact CBP enforces liquor import licensing for the state. With zero authority to do so.
Another DOGE task, but not near the top.
Excellent assessment.
And they just gave how much money to Ukraine?🤣
Thank you for that interesting explanation.
NO !!! UPVOTE for every local craft brewery everywhere! ALL 4,000+ of them!
No need to drink corporate swill/ beer-flavored soda water, when you can go down to your local craft brewery for a pint of the REAL THING!
Yes!
“every local craft brewery everywhere! ALL 4,000+ of them!”
IMO one of the most worthwhile things that J. Carter did as President (legalize home brewing).
I am hard pressed to think of anything else.
Definitely buy local.
Up until a couple of years ago, I was unaware of Yuengling. Prior to the Bud Lite debacle, I was not brand loyal to any one brew. I now buy Yuengling for my occasional beverage. I am definitely a fan.
I believe that the only two American owned breweries are those that produce Yuengling and Pabst Blue Ribbon…. all the rest are foreign-owned… Correct me if I’m incorrect.
EU, minus Czech Republic and Germany suck on beer; that’s despite what they say in Belgium. And the CR and Ger beers are very specialized selections, old from that region.
Nothing beats a good Double IPA, hazy type, americano.
But, you must like hops, if not, I get the lager lovers as well as the stouts. However, sours, pure trash.
Lived in Slovakia in early 2000s for my job. Discovered Leffe Dark and Blonde. Excellent Belgian beer. I’ve found the blonde here in larger cities but the dark is not exported, to my current knowledge.
Shiner Bock Beer, Shiner , Texas
Yuengling, yes! The lager is the closest thing, IMO, to Rolling Rock when it was still brewed in Latrobe. InBev bought it, moved brewing to St. Louis, I think, and ruined it.
I bought a bottle of RR export at a grocery in Budapest, Hungary back in the early 2000s. Still have it unopened!
Everything been ruined in once American iconic beer company ANHEUSER -BUSCH,INC..in the 2007 after retirement AUGUST BUSCH III and it went even worse after INBREW bought it…saaaad….
Yuengling? Check out your local craft brewery. Sooo good!
European no, but Irish yes. Some very good “mossy” whiskeys from Ireland due to the Loch’s they get their water from.
I’ll be just fine foregoing my Speyside single-malts, if it means smacking the EU…
I was thinking the same thing.
Up here in New England, local Micro-Breweries are what people drink from, and drink at.
And we’ve got quite a few wineries, and distilleries now.
Based on what their parking lots look like, this is where it’s at.
The demand for European whiskey in the US can’t be that high– I’d think.
North Carolina has many micro breweries and our wine vineyards are booming.
A world wine war. WWW 1.
Much better than the other kind.
Our wine and liquor tariffs of today, compares to how tea taxation was for the colonists.
They finally rebelled when tea taxes went into overdrive and the Boston Tea Party commenced.
The Townshend Acts infuriated them, but the Tea Act pushed them to the brink.
The British bled them for years to pay for European Wars and other novelty programs…sound familiar?
Didn’t Buckhorn beer have bottle caps with stuff like that on it?
Lucky Lager, too.
I don’t know about Buckhorn but Lucky Lager had them in the early 70’s .
mickey’s big mouths still do too.
I love Mickey’s.
Flagstaff bear had them in the 1970s.
I think you mean Falstaff. I remember that being popular when I was a kid. I don’t think they make it anymore.
Like Elon said: “You over there have finger guns, ours are real”.
Very good decision to tax France, the country with higher individual tax in the world!
They have to pay for SOCIALISM somehow!
Van Der Lyan said the EU would target Red States with tariffs hence the tariff on whisky.
Aren’t Demonrats great?🙄🤣🤣
And yet, somehow, she leads the EU. Somehow.
I’ll just have to buy a couple more bottles of whisky for the collection. You know, just to help my neighbors?
If it helps keep Buffalo Trace and Blanton’s over here and more available, they should make it a 75% tariff.
The southern red states often drink rum, so they will never be able to touch that. Even Canadians enjoy good rum so everything is not about whiskey. With so many choices, people have the power and many will cut back on drinking too. With RFKJr pushing for MAHA we will all probably be consuming less alcohol overall.
I wonder how the Italians are going to like this. Napa Valley is loving this.
There are a lot of decent US vineyards across the 48 latitude. No need for Champaign from France.
Sparkling burgundy?
Are you suggesting that we revive the production of Cold Duck? (And then who’s going to regrow a mullet?)
Andre Cold Duck!!!
My folks would get pizza 🍕 and Cold Duck on Friday nights, and we’d watch a movie on TV.
A lot of people drink Prosecco now too, cheaper, lighter and tasty.
The “red” counties in Oregon and Washington are loving it even more that the Commufornists in Napa!
France still produces wine?
Too many other providers in addition to the many excellent choices from around the USA.
Check out Temecula wines in So. Cal., they do a good job. Nice place to live too, especially before the local traffic got bad.
Heck, we even have wineries in Montana, not to mention loads of micro breweries.
I think there is even a company making whiskey.
Arizona has wineries, too!
Best Arizona Wine: A-Z Guide to Arizona Wines by Variety and Region! – Vino Del Vida
Most definitely!
AZ will be having one of the annual ..
Wine,Beer and Spirits Fest in May in
my area.
“Wines, micro-distilled spirits,and craft brews”
🤷♀️ 💁♀️ Usually a really big crowd turn-out to the event
which is held in a beautiful park.
Louisiana + Sugarcane = good rum
Hubby makes Dandelion wine using his granddad’s original recipe.
Tastes like what I’d think gasoline would taste like, but people who drink from time to time say it delicious.
lol….brings back memories when hubby and I first married and bought a house with a large, unkept front yard. Italian MIL loved going out to pick the wild dandelions to eat and drink!
Vineland, NJ has their annual Dandelion Event April 4th. Dandelion wine, Dandelion salad, etc.
The city’s founder, Charles K. Landis, named the city ‘Vineland’ in 1861, hoping the area’s fertile soil would attract Italian grape growers.
Thomas Welch started ‘Welch’s Grape Juice’ in Vineland. 🍇
At one point, Vineland’s fire trucks 🚒 were painted purple to honor Welch’s Grape Juice.
Welch called his grape juice ‘unfermented wine’, and as a Methodist minister, convinced local churches to use his non-alcoholic grape juice for Holy
Communion.
Historic Temecula ( Wells Fargo stop) needs more side streets in a grid pattern but that ship has sailed. All the housing tracts are independent of each other. It’s too bad the city engineers didn’t plan ahead.
Now Temecula has grown into a large metropolis with only a few main streets that are clogged up the cars waiting many traffic light cycles to get through the intersections.
Seems for my entire lifetime France has produced whine. Nothing has changed.
Reciprocal
-badminton
-ping PONG
Nasty Pelosi and Gov Newscum are drunk w/-joy
DJT plays hardball business.
Politicians-with no private business experience-will lose every time bigly.
You’re missing the point of the tariff war with the EU: peace in Ukraine & finally breaking off the decades of US $$ going towards keeping the EU afloat while we dedend them. WE are close to $37 trillion. The trade deficits are huge.
That all this happens while we are dealing with Mexico & Canada on fentanyl, our borders & other issues is an inconvenient fact. But it is necessary.
Chew gum and walk,..
My word. Do they never learn?
History, going back thousands of years, says no.
They never learn.
Trump is a PRO at this stuff.
The rest of the world are amateurs. 🙂
Trump is just asking for a level playing field and play nice. 🙂
Canada will learn very quickly, play nice or regret it!
EU learn from Canada! 🙂
Nothing hard and fast, Trump is just Negotiating! Haggle a little bit! 🙂
Exaclty, they are making decisions based on manipulated data; they are relaying on data where they (the rest of the world) tariff US goods already but none exist for them. It’s a bad mistake to make- they will not take into account that the markets are already manipulated. They don’t comprehend what happens when the one side getting screwed decides to level the field when they are also the big dog with more power, can produce their own, and don’t need the imports.
It’s a whole different game when US products are already not being purchase because they are already heavily tariffed as compared to something not previously tariffed and now getting a 200% one.
It’s actually very simple but yet, they make it so difficult.
Is there even one former business owner in EU leadership?
Canada has Mark Carny and his Brit bankers pulling the tariff strings. They do not want PDJT to have a winning hand on tariffs or anything. They are only focused on attacking him, so they can implement their carbon/climate scheme and other assorted plans these entrenches globalists have.
It is called flooding the zone. Getting things done in the first several months is critical.
This is not a time to slow walk anything; our nation and this President, has one shot at this and we’ve seen how viscous, and deadly, those people who want to slow things down so they can catch their footing truly are.
Those wanting to slow things down are not concerned about beginning WWIII, the world is that close to the precipice of no return.
More and faster dear President, please.
The one thing I wish is that we had an attorney general with as much real fight and spirit as the others President Trump has put into position, something, anything to put an immediate end to these lawfare corrupt justices participation is the only thing that seems amiss in these first few months of Trump 2.0.
I agree. Re: the AG, I’m not sure she is up to it. I hope I’m wrong, however, I remember the applause Merrick Garland got as he walked through the DOJ on his last day. Those people are still there. She needs a good staff that won’t stab her in the back. I hope she’s putting those people in place. She needs them!
hopefully this works fast, because those frogs in burgundy really know what they are doing, and there’s only one place on earth with the soil they can do it in.
I will never pay $50 a bottle for dirt flavor.
Think about. Would anyone tell anyone a $100 bottle of wine is no good and dump it? Pretty embarrassing eh?
On the other hand, I shop the under $10 wines and have no problem saying 1 out of 10 was bad and dump it. Not a wine judge but many years as beer judge trained to recognize off flavors, and believe me, there are many good wines under $10 a bottle. Stay away from weird marketing, buy classic labels, and you will be surprised at the drinkability.
I used to drink expensive wines with my buddies. Then the science of winemaking turned inexpensive wine into what used to be expensive tastes. Now I drink box wine. Best wine I ever had: 59 Haut Brion. Sublime.
My wife drinks Gato Negro and 19 Crimes. Gato Negro is her 6.99 go to and the 19 Crimes is her 19.00 splurge. She says both are better than wines that cost three to four times as much.
Black box Malbec with a crushed black jelly bean. Swirl and let sit for 15 minutes👍.
I had a thought to produce wine-enhancer jelly beans to flavor cheap wine to your individual taste.
Dropped it when I realized what the big wineries would do to me…😨😵
I like the 7 Sicilians Rosso once in a while!
Besides what is stated above, I’m gonna guess whiskey was chosen since it was least integral to their everyday life. When they are choosing whiskey, you know they ain’t got nothing……..in the barrel.
Lol. I called it, Day of The Rake, when Canada did it and Ford crumbled.
I need a good saying for Brussels that could become an annual holiday in the USA too.
“Inside sources” are reporting that Doug Ford has shipped a slightly used white flag to the EU via DHL Express. [sarc]
Doug Ford probably waved a frequently used French white flag.
China hits Canada with 100 percent tariffs.
At any moment now, Chrystia Freeland is going to discuss nuking China….any moment now…..any day now….
The EU two minutes ago:
Wooooo hoooo!!! <High fives abound>, “Great job EU leaders, we got the U.S. right where we want them!!”
Two minutes later: The US will raise tariffs on Wine, Champgaigne, and other alcoholic products….”
The EU now: …….. <looks around>…….. looks around some more…….<more looking around>….”Um, can someone with balls step up….? Please, Macron’s wife, you there?”
Macron’s wife?! Please… that’s Big Michèle to you!
Donald Trump wants nothing but Peace On Earth.
However, there is need for Battles..
It appears that he far prefers economic battles than battles with weapons that kill people.
I’m okay with this.. I think it’s a good idea.
Meanwhile, we build, drill and do all we can do to return to be a self reliant nation that doesn’t really need a whole lot from anyone.
I think long term, this is how we win and by extension, the world wins.
We need to be self reliant anyway, as we have too few real friends amongst the community of nations.
“…I’ve got hundreds of friends and the fun never ends-as long as I’m buyin’…”
I like wine on rare occasions and sometimes for cooking, which is one of those several rare occasions. Plenty of good-to-great wines to choose from right here in the good old USA.
So, I say go on and tariff the hell out of France and the rest. (If such an exorcism is possible).
As a matter of fact, homemade wine is easy and relatively inexpensive to make. I have, from time to time, done so with wine and also brewed my own beer as a hobby and had satisfyingly great results.
I’ve made prickly pear, my first adventure, which was sticky (pun intended), and not to my knowledge for sale anywhere. It had the most beautiful fluorescent red color and a mellow sweet flavor.
My favorite these days is dandelion, aka sunshine in a bottle. Also have made peach, apple and grape. really not all that difficult to do. The hardest part is getting through the aging process without dipping in.
Even more rarely make a cocktail of Absolute Vodka from Switzerland with grapefruit juice or orange soda; a sip or two of Sailor Jerry’s Rum to warm up while ice fishing; and most rarely of all, a clean shot of Jack Daniel’s, which is also good in a Duck Fart made with your favorite whisky, Kahlùa, and a bit of Irish Cream served in a double shot glass. Look it up if you’ve never had one. Just be sure to stand up after 2 or 3 to make sure you still can!
But yeah, tariff the hell out of them and peace, out.
Oh, YES!!!! I LOVE to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food! Cheers! 🍷❤️🇺🇲
My father used to make wine from pyrocantha berries. Small batches because he couldn’t find all that many trees locally that he could pick the berries from.
Did he teach you?
That’s amazing.
My grandmother raised grapes and made the best grape juice I ever had, some of which she let ferment into (I am told) rather good wine.
She was the first in her family to be born in the USA, her parents and older siblings having immigrated to the USA from France.
I assume she learned wine making at her mother’s knee.
My late husband learned to make hard cider from his bootlegger father.
My point being, there are many folks in the USA with the requisite skills to brew virtually any sort of beverage desired.
We don’t really need the EU for adult beverages.
California wines are pretty good as well. They’ve even beat some French wines in competition.
The movie “Bottle Shock” depicts the Paris taste testing event of 1976! https://www.napavalley.com/blog/bottle-shock-movie-fact-vs-fiction/
I was thinking about this..
I live not far from Canada and the Canadians flood our seacoast region all summer.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve set up a beach blanket next to a Canadian couple and talked politics all day.
What they ask me, over and over again, is “When are you guys going to make all your own great stuff again?”
Remember all our own iconic brands that were exceptional and are now junk?
Sometimes I wonder if the powers that be here in America understand what demand there would be for high quality American products again.
China makes junk and the entire planet knows this.
There is huge, pent up demand for goods that are long lasting, high quality again.
This goes hand and hand with ending this Consumerism economy.
We’re all so sick of junk and buying basic needs over and over again.
The Canadians say this as well and want what we make, or did make.
If we did this, there would be high global demand for what we create, which then makes Trump’s tariff plans that much more effective.
And don’t forget his idea about ending the IRS to fund our government with tariffs.
I cannot tell you how much I want to buy an appliance that I know I’ll get 10 years or more out of- like we used too.
To make these again would be like a miracle..
I mean everyone feels this way.. we all done with expensive disposable Chinese junk.
We should all be demanding to make really great American stuff again.
Boss move.
These traitorous judges have got to go
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/breaking-radical-clinton-judge-orders-trump-administration-rehire/
I know we did not vote for that.
Mon dieu! I guess I will have to forego my favorite wine, Sancerre and settle for Gallo Pisano by the jug. LOL
I think the Shia has lost about 5,000 points
And put my retirement, which I’m in, on very shaky grounds
Please President Trump, get these globalists deep state sooner than later
Buy physical gold
I’m gonna need more popcorn.
Newsmax reporting last night talked about why tariffs are not the doom and gloom democrats claim.
Unless the country being tariffed is the only source of any given product, other countries without a tariff will see a market opportunity to step in and provide the product at a lesser price than the tariffed country. So, unless a country wants to lose their market share, they will buckle.
An example is Columbia who supplies mostly coffee and flowers to US. They buckled because they know Brazil or some other country will supply a cheaper product without tariffs.
There are also American companies that will suddenly be competitive on pricing which will also cause the tariffed country to lose market share. These countries know they have limited time due to seasons or manufacturing ramp up for them to surrender.
for people not aware, the entire US deep-state and most elected politicians are actually working to wreck America, not make it better in any way. When you look at historical trade agreements in this context, it’s easy to see why we always come out on the short-end and why our people suffer because of it. It’s all by-design. It’s not stupid people doing stupid things. It’s evil people doing evil things.
Trump gets all of this and is working to correct it. The GOP is crying a river in the background. They are 100% part of the problem.
The USAID gravy train has ended and all the globalist money laundering schemes are failing.
As PDJT says, “we are no longer the world’s piggy bank.”
Every time I read about whatever stupid thing FJB did over the past four forlorn years I felt nauseated.
Every time I read about Trump’s latest, I smile (minimum), or laugh out loud.
200%! Awesome!
Everyone has a plan until…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
hehehehe…
Napa, CA wine is very good.
I, too, support Newsom 2028. /sarc
I can’t tell the difference…been to NZ, Bordeaux and S Africa…
This is such wonderful news, and an opportunity for small businesses in America!
The amount of people crying over the cost of Mexican avocados is hilarious! Buy American avocados!
The EU leadership may actually as a whole be dumber than the Us Democratic Party as a whole.
But granted, they are both holes. Not sweet smelling ones either.
I just watched Trump meeting with EU head. Gee, it went on with lots of questions and the reporters were kind and asked good questions! Amazing! Trump is training them to be reasonable and not “attacking him”. REFRESHING! 🙂
Lots of stuff was discussed and Trump was really quite charming with the EU HEAD, seems like they get along. Trump will be meeting the Battle AXE NY governor tomorrow morning, and Trump was asking NY to help open up ENERGY pipeline so they can lower the prices of Energy by 5,000 dollars per year per family.
Trump is relaxed and joking around and TRUMP is a fun Guy, and also very serious when he needs to be.
Optimistic and Friendly, it would be WISE for MSM to learn a thing or 2 from Trump! But will they? Or do you think Trump needs to spank them until they learn. 🙂
p.s. I should add this because I got a little emotional when Trump said something like this: Every week my advisors show me what happened on the battlefield, and arms and legs, and heads scattered on the battlefield, all kids, young men, … and he really doesn’t want to look at the images they are so bad, but he needs to know what is happening”. Gee, Trump speaks in such a touching way! God Bless you PRESIDENT TRUMP. God bless you!
That little simp Macron has yet to realise that his partying days, at another country’s expense, is over. He’s a slow study.
Even the snobbiest of wine snobs can find plenty of American vintages to enjoy. The EU knows it and will certainly back down. Not sure why they thought alcohol was a good place to put a tariff.
Perform stupid tricks, win stupid prizes!
(We need the bourbon kept on this side of pond)
Well, still time to Order.
One of my customers offered me a bottle Trump Chardonnay the end of last season!
Europeans don’t drink much American whiskey (or wine or beer either).
One Spring day Princess USA went out for a walk and meet a foggy who spoke to her and said, “Pick me up and kiss me and I’ll turn into a handsome Prince. Then you can pay my tariffs and keep me in opulence.” That night as the Princess dined on creamed onions and frog legs she said, “I don’t think so.”
Our Lion’s daily tweets regarding the tariffs are works of art…funny and very entertaining… always good for a chuckle…