It was necessary in Valls that a tax had to be paid on the import of wine.

The ban on wine imports came at a time of worsening relations between the countries.

In the space of a few years, imports of wine from outside Europe have doubled.

This comes at a time when total wine imports into the United States are declining.

Then he founded a wine import and distribution company.

It also cut off the import and export of beer, wine, and hard liquor.

The United States market accounts for about 20 percent of France's wine imports.

In a brief four years, Impact calculates that Italian wine imports to this country plunged well over 50 percent, to about 10.2 million cases.

One quarter of this is wine imports.

It is known that it was in frequent use by small boats in 1564 possibly for the import of salt and wine from France.