The headlines keep coming...
People - we’re freaking out a little. The asshat in the White House is pushing to take the tariffs on European wine to 100%. Imagine every wine you buy cost twice as much! We don’t want to see what it would be like if our cheapest Chianti cost $28. And we also don’t want to pay that much for a simple glass of wine at a restaurant.
We know there are worse problems in this country and in this world but this one would be crushing not only for us but likely fatal for a lot of the heroic small importers we work with and the tiny, family producers they represent. The industrial producers and mega-stores will have an easier time of it, but that’s not the kind of wine you drink and it’s not the kind we sell.
This is the theme at this week’s tasting. Please join us tonight at Dandelion with Gab Bowler of Bowler Wine, Michael Foulk of MFW, Whitney Schubert of Polaner Selections, Dan Weber of Schatzi Wines, Nick Africano of Jose Pastor Selections, and Nils Paulson of Martine’s Wines (since 1979!).
We’ll have lots of information and take-homes up front, and of course lots of wine in back to taste!