Uncorked With Jonathon Alsop: The Wine Tariff

Wine Assortment — Wine bottle are seen in a wine shop in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

Hannah Uebele is a producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and previously worked as associate producer for Boston Public Radio. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in English and Environmental Studies. She's a proud Delawarean but has found herself saying "wicked" more and more often, so the Bostonian metamorphosis is well underway.Contact: hannah_uebele@wgbh.org

October 10, 2019

Updated August 07, 2023

Founder of the Boston Wine School Jonathon Alsop joined Boston Public Radio on Thursday to explain the new American tariff on international wines.

"This is the big wine news right now — a 25% additional tariff on wine from France, Spain, Germany and the U.K., but on Italy, 0 percent," Alsop said. The tariff will begin to be implemented on Oct. 18, he added.

"The hope is that consumers will try American wines, but the reality is they'll run into the arms of Argentina and Chile," Alsop said.