Bourget News

Threat of wine tariffs is still looming

Earlier this week you may have heard that an agreement has been reached between Presidents Macron (France) and Trump regarding the French Digital Service Tax (DST) through 2020. The DST threatened to target French Sparkling wine and Champagne. The DST tariff may be on hold, but the wine tariff war still wages on…There are two tariffs of which the wine industry is caught in the crossfire, and the other still stands to cause catastrophic damage.

Take action NOW: Oppose a tax increase on wine & spirits

This would broaden the products taxed to include nearly ALL still, sparkling, and fortified wines in 28 European Union countries, including those that were exempt under the October 2019 tariffs.

Master of Mencía: Raúl Pérez of Bodegas Castro Ventosa

Two centuries of focusing on Mencía in D.O. Bierzo The Bierzo D.O. is located in the northwest of Spain in the Province of Castilla y León. Castilla was one of the original Spanish regions to unite against the Moors in the Middle Ages, and its...

Fall D&A Portfolio Tasting: Oct 30, 1-5

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Taming Tannat: Vignobles Brumont, the heart of Southwest France

Châteaux Montus et Bouscassé & Cave Torus France’s most undervalued fine wines. Few wine producers anywhere in the world dominate their region like Brumont does Madiran. Alain Brumont’s legendary career has hovered somewhere on the edge...

Trading the nomadic life of a wine merchant for that of a vigneron: Christopher Cannan of Clos Figueras

Chris Cannan started in the wine industry in the 1970’s as the founder of Europvin, an international company based in Bordeaux with a mission to deliver an exceptional portfolio of wines from Europe worldwide. During his travels during the...