I started a tariff thread in politics. Feel free to vent there.
For the limited purpose of wine tariffs, we should try to keep politics out of it.
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Despite the fact that it’s the only reason the tariffs will happen at all.
It’s a fiasco.
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I got three words for you, then two words for you:
Santa Cruz Mountains
Domaine Eden
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If only the retailers near my house were stocking the wines…
To be fair, Sauzet and P Pillot are some of the biggest names in white these days. They aren’t the representative sample of white Burg.
But I don’t want to drink mediocre white Burgundy. Artificially making these wines more expensive is not helpful.
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It’s not artificial; it’s supply and demand. Really good white Burg isn’t a commodity that can be found in large quantities and there are currently more buyers than producers.
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FIFY
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I think you missed my point.
If tariffs come in, and these wines are 20+% more expensive, I’m out.
Tariffs would be an artificial increase. It’s not correlated to supply, demand or even producer ego.
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I wouldn’t be bothered by a tariff. I drink auction scraps.
Tariffs would likely affect auction prices, which don’t exist in a vacuum.
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It didn’t the last time.
I guess it depends on the type of auction. I can understand why tariffs wouldn’t affect the hammer price of a case of '82 Mouton. But the poster above says he likes auction scraps. I could see it affecting that type of thing.
I worked for Zachys at the time, and prices were flat. I was bottom feeding at the time too, and I was winning what I wanted.
Prices took off in May of 2020, but that was unique to the pandemic and folks were home and bored with extra cash.
Well I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. 
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I thought the focus of tariffs had shifted to Canada and Mexico, but apparently tariffs on European products are still in the works.
From The Washington Post:
President Donald Trump on Friday dramatically expanded his global trade war, confirming that he will impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday and announcing plans for additional import taxes on European goods….
Gift link;
https://wapo.st/4jI9qgS
More details from another article. Sounds more targeted than the others at least for now…
And more tariffs are on the way, the Republican president said, saying import taxes were being considered on European goods as well as on steel, aluminum and copper, and on drugs and semiconductors.
“We’re going to be putting tariffs on steel and aluminum, and ultimately copper. Copper will take a little longer,” he said.
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At this point I think it is tariffs for everyone! 
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Fight back! A threat of Ozempic (and Lego) embargo should suffice.
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