Independent winegrowers worried that the wine sector will be hit by Trump in the dispute over the European digital tax to the web giants.
Legislazione del vino
Sandro Bottega: "We hope that diplomatic work will bring results, because the dynamics of rising tariffs are damaging the world economy".
Prosecco
EFI OBSERVATORY on wine exports: Veneto in first place among the regions (15%), Abruzzo in great growth (18%). In 2025 the trend will be the exploration of emerging areas.
Job and wine
DUTIES: MORANDO (MONTALBERA VINI), 'TRUMP CAN DROP TO 10%, IMPACT ON CONSUMER IS SCARY' «The percentage of duties will hit the popular wine segment, that is, the one whose ex-cellar price varies between 3 and 6 euros and which at retail is transformed, after transport, duties, distribution markups, into a price range that does not exceed 13 dollars a bottle.
Vinitaly
Consorzio di Tutela Vini DOC Sicilia, regarding the new tariffs on wine imports imposed by the United States.
Vinitaly
Sandro Bottega: "Political intervention is urgent. We need to invest in European and Asian markets".
History of wine
The soap opera of star-spangled tariffs has written a new chapter, with an exceptional protagonist: Italian wine. The first move by the Trump administration, in this new phase of trade tension between the United States and Europe, has materialized with the imposition of an additional 10% duty on Italian wine imports into the USA.
Legislazione del vino
Sandro Bottega: "For us at the moment the cost of the duties is almost 100,000 ¤ in 3 months, and obviously we cannot endure it for long."
Legislazione del vino
Pinot Grigio, Chianti, Brunello, Barolo and Nero d'Avola were also the most penalised.
Job and wine
For Franco Morando, director of the Piedmontese estate Montalbera, the luxury segment is less at risk.
Legislazione del vino
Producers, institutions and importers must join forces to support wine exports to the USA.
Job and wine
"We are seeing an increase in sales in the duty-free channel, which benefits from the exemption from duties."
Prosecco
The analyses emerging from the press and some political figures are correct, but in the last three months, Prosecco sales have decreased by almost 8%, despite this sparkling wine being one of the wines that has best withstood the uncertainty created by tariffs.
Prosecco