US Tariff Tussles Stuff Of Nightmares For Bordeaux Winemakers

A visitor enjoys the Bordeaux wine festival -- but US tariffs will hit hard a sector already under pressure (Credit: AFP)

French wine producers, already reeling from a downturn in their market, still do not know how bitter a taste the US tariffs on wine will leave on their palates.

In southwestern France, around the Bordeaux region's famed vineyards, months of talk on what US President Donald Trump will decide on tariffs have been the stuff of nightmares for producers as they look on helplessly.