U.S. Wine Imports Fell 8.3% Last Year

The American tariffs on European wine in 2025 weighed on exports to the United States, but they also coincided with a sharp drop in wine imports by the United States itself, according to data cited by the American Association of Wine Economists. The group said U.S. wine imports fell 8.3% in value last year, a decline of $565 million, based on figures from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and U.S. Trade Online.

The association said the biggest declines came in states that are usually among the most active wine markets. New York imported $106 million less wine in 2025, a drop of 7.6%. California was down $102 million, or 7.1%, and Texas fell $80 million, or 17.7%. Together, those three states accounted for 51% of the total dollar decline in wine imports, or $288 million of the $565 million overall drop.

Some of the steepest percentage losses were recorded in South Carolina, where imports fell 49.5%, though the dollar loss was $51 million, and in Wisconsin, where imports dropped 46.3%, equal to $10 million. A few states moved in the opposite direction. Pennsylvania posted a 23.2% increase, while Oregon rose 14.2%. Oregon stood out as the only major wine-producing state to show an increase in imports, even as California, New York and Texas all declined. Washington state was down 6.3%, Virginia fell 16.4% and Idaho dropped 31.8%.

The tariff issue has since taken another turn after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the duties illegal, prompting the Trump administration to begin work on refunds. Those repayments are estimated at about $160 billion across all affected goods.