{"id":253445,"date":"2025-03-06T21:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/bourbon-is-banned-california-wine-canceled-as-canada-pulls-u-s-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T21:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:59:29","slug":"bourbon-is-banned-california-wine-canceled-as-canada-pulls-u-s-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/bourbon-is-banned-california-wine-canceled-as-canada-pulls-u-s-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourbon Is Banned, California Wine Canceled, as Canada Pulls U.S. Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Giovanni Cassano, a restaurant owner in the Canadian province of Ontario, was not going to let a trade war get in the way of his diners\u2019 thirst for Californian wine, Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon or Texan-made Tito\u2019s vodka.<\/p>\n

Soon, however, he and his diners might not have a choice.<\/p>\n

When President Trump announced planned tariffs on the country last month, Canadian politicians threatened to pull American alcohol brands off the shelves of government-run liquor stores in retaliation.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, those tariffs briefly went into effect, and American spirits and wine were boxed up and hidden away in much of Canada. Television broadcasts were filled with footage of employees packing up glass bottles and leaving behind barren shelves.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are going to get frustrated, but I think they\u2019ll adapt,\u201d said Mr. Cassano, the owner of a cafe and an adjacent oyster bar in Windsor, Ontario, a border city that is the heart of Canada\u2019s auto industry and an important battleground in the trade war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n