France champagne producers make nearly dollars of America. But on Friday LurpebThe capital of the world of sparkling wine, one had only 200 lipsticks.
The President Trump exported to the United States that exported to the European wines and spirits exported, which exported the European Union to distinguish the penalties of Lord Trump in a commercial war.
The Homors for Digit landed in Épernay, in the field around the field, producers and Champagne Avenue, Épernay’s Central Boulevard and a home site that achieve tasty wealth.
“200 percent fare is designed to ensure that champagne will not be sent to the United States,” Calvin Boucher said by a manager Michel GonetAvenue 225-year-old champagne house. It exports 20 to 30 percent of bottles of 200,000 annually to American wine merchants and restaurants.
Épernay is in the heart of a region producing the world’s bubble. The United States is its largest external market 27 million bottles Sent to 2023, valued around 810 million euros ($ 885 million).
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier grapes collect more than 130 mile squares, more than 130 miles, from Reims city to Auba. The surroundings of the French d’Cadine Sycine system is strict, which ensures the sparkling wine made here, using specific methods, it is legally called champagne.
More than 4,000 independent growers and 360 champagne houses, The region produces About 300 million bottles each year, with a bigger rest in billion barrels. The largest houses – Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot and Mouve & Chandon, luxurious conglomerates Lvmh Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Dominance of production and exports and one-third of sales.
But such figures had little comfort as a result of the threat of Lord Trump. On Champagne Avenue, Nathalie Doucet, President Better BellfonA specialized champagne house that exports 10 percent of its primary production to the United States, said that the trade wars were tired.
“We are waiting for seeing what’s wrong, but it’s not good news,” Mrs. Doucet said, and his champagne is made with a low pressure process, which gives fine acidity and fine efervescence.
Champagne had a tough year with a reduced harvest with bad weather. Consumption denies that young people change habits and have changed to cocktails and beer artisasis. Champagne sales since the pandemic has been thinning, as it fell 9 percent last year.
At the same time, he said to Europe in Ukraine and Gaza Gar. And now with the trade war with the United States, one of the traditional French allies, due to issues related to champagne, has damaged damage.
“It seems to be deliberately punished,” Cyril said the owner of Salvatori wine shop, only a wide range of artisan champagne. His wife was an export manager for one of the great homes of champagne and the numbers on the potential impact that can already affect.
Leah Razzouki, a resident of the Basque Champagne business, said he was kiskalite. “Many of our friends are small producers, and they would be very hard,” he said.
The damage of a commercial war would be extended beyond the Regual Champagne, both American importers and distributors put into many small businesses.
Michael Reiss, President Vineyard pathA small distributor in Framingham, mass. He imports champagne and European wines and distributes it in the news of England, his small businesses, among other things, restaurants and retail stores would be “very hurt”. Unexpected trade environment can force business to cancel the planned investment, added.
Adding mines applied at the beginning of the supply chain can be multiplied, as each business manipulated the product, according to it, Mr. Reiss said. “So a 25% rate can lead to 40 and 60 percent of prices,” he said.
The 200 percent rate “would delete the opportunity to buy things that bring joy in their lives,” he added.
As well as inside Champagne Museum On the Avenue, the chat, the Chat confronted the fares of Mr Trump. Sacha Raynaud, his family owner of a small house champagne, brought a friend to learn the history of champagne, for the first time in the seventeenth century. He appeared on the royal table in the 16th century, giving the drink nickname, “king of wines”.
“The French are awake for everyone who is happening in the United States, and is beginning to talk about boycotting American products,” he said.
Similar concerns are circulated in areas. Working in a morning light in the morning, a dozen hands protected brown vineyards during the growing spring season, the shadow of the Champagne village reuil, west of the épernay.
These jobs were at risk, said Patrick Andrade, which directs a small company that helps Champagne vines. 12 acres (30 hectares) corresponds to a small house that exports Americans to the United States.
It should be sales fall, wine producers would require fewer areas, and for tractor operators, cork managers and bottles would be less work. In the worst case, he added that the producer champagne was extracting the vineyards.
On Friday, the French financial minister, Eric Lombard, called the “idiotic” trade war and said he would soon go to Washington. “We need to talk to Americans to take back the tension,” he said in France television.
The biggest homes of French champagne have been silent, and without saying anything, you are waiting to see how the threats of Lord Trump would play, and whether European officials could go back.
These include Lvmh Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which sells almost 35 percent of the United States wine and spirits. The company did not answer a request for comment.
Out of LVMH Moët & Chandon Champagne Avenue Palace, a group of Americans captured Selfied Lohy Shipies in Dom Pérignon, invented a champagne in front of a monk. Within the building, the staff did not want to talk to the rates.
However, the locals whispered that the large houses were angry with the threat of the tariff, but despite expected, it could be quite blow.
After all, some said: Bernard Arnault, the leaders of the Frenchman and LVMH empire, is a large part of champagne production, with the President of the US and the Lord Trump invited his inauguration. Perhaps the friendship of Mr. Arnault eventually prevailed, they said.
For now, all this is speculation. The reality is that nothing is certain, and uncertainty is bad for business.
Back to Michel Gonet Champagne House, Mr. Boucher made a demonstration of Cuvées known among customers in the United States.
“It’s just a stressful situation because we don’t know that rates will happen,” he said. “It’s not good for anyone.”
Aurelien Breeden and Ségolène The Stradic Contribution reports.
2025-03-16 00:20:00
