With tariffs fueling uncertainty in the wine industry, winemakers across California are scrambling to figure out how to pay for abrupt increases in costs.

“It’s just a challenge, because obviously the grapes are all grown here in California and processed here and made in California, but everything around it is not,” said Joel Peterson, the executive director of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance.

The United States began enforcing a 15% tariff rate on most European Union goods on Aug. 1.

The new tariffs are part of a growing list of levies on foreign goods.

As of Tuesday, Sept. 2, U.S. tariffs on all exported Chinese goods were 57.6% and tariffs on most Canadian products were set at 35%, according to the Trump administration.

Kory Burke, owner and winemaker of Dresser Winery in Paso

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