Originally Posted by
DeweyCheathem
I don't understand why Mexican wines are virtually nonexistent in the U.S. Market. It's not like we don't get tons of excellent QPR wines from Argentina, Chile, Spain, etc. and I would think that NAFTA would give the Mexican wines some relief from the import tariffs that other countries' wines face.
The "tequila mafia" has done whatever it can to quash the development of the wine industry. These wines are fairly expensive for what they are (even in Mexico) and there isn't much market for the necessary price point in the USA as the QPR just isn't there.