Even if the tariffs were to be reversed tomorrow, one wine business leader said, it’ll take "at least a year, if not longer, for my industry to recover.”

Canada’s break from American-made wine and the Trump administration’s global tariffs have compounded the struggles of the United States’ already-stressed wine industry to the point that it may be difficult for much of it “to come back from,” an American wine organization leader told NBC News.

“Canada is the single most important export market for U.S. wines with retail sales in excess of $1.1 billion annually,” Robert Koch, the California Wine Institute’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

Last month Canada united to boycott American wines — taking all U.S.-made vino and alcohol off its liquor and wine store shelves and out of restaurants across the country — as an aggressive retaliatory response to Trump’s tariffs on its political ally north of the border.

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    7 days ago

    As someone who vomits at a strong smell of alcohol and gets nauseous with any smell…

    Fuckin wat

    Alcohol is no more evil than table salt or the dirt beneath your feet.

    Guess what! Everything you consume is slowly contributing to your ultimate fate.

    If you want to pass on any consumption, cool. Good for you.

    If you want to be a judgemental ass, there’s the door. If it hits you in the ass on the way out, so be it.

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      5 days ago

      Um, is there a Mothers Against Table Salt organization? Or are you saying that Mothers Against Drunk Driving is comprised of judgmental asses? I didn’t post that comment just because I’m a teetotaler. Maybe you haven’t seen the pain and suffering of those with severe alcoholics in their families like I have, in which case I hope you never do.