is by far its biggest market and last year it important $3600000000.00 worth of the stuff washington has threatened to slough flop huge levies on it a move which would play serious pressure on vintner s across fronts. at the end of the summer trimming the vines of their excess leaves is one of the last tasks winemakers face. after that it s wait for the harvest this year vindu pierre thomas thinks his bordeaux could turn out fairly well. so far the year is gone smoothly and he could only august the wine harvest is in early october so we have a bit of time before we know for sure. 11 you know so i might. less predictable is what will happen to sales especially to the united states after president trump said he would slap a huge import tax on french wines