President Donald Trump’s continuing trade conflict with Canada has sapped the vitality of a family‑run California winery, now compelled to shut down after a sharp decline in shipments to the north.
McManis Family Vineyards is putting 3,500 acres—including ten vineyards and its expansive winery in Ripon, roughly 50 miles east of San Francisco—on the market after a Canadian boycott of U.S. alcohol.
President and co‑owner Ron McManis said in a written statement to The Sacramento Bee last week, “It was a very hard <a s 122‑acre winery is listed for $22.5 million, while its vineyards across San Joaquin and Sacramento counties are priced between $800,000 and $14 million.
The McManis brand is also available for an unspecified price that’s up for negotiation, according to an online source.
Resulting boycotts by Canadian provinces caused a 78 percent decline—equating to $357 million—in wine exports to Canada last year, flipping a $254 million U.S. trade surplus into a $90 million deficit. A Politico poll found that a majority of Americans—56 percent—oppose Trump’s tariffs on Canada, while only 26 percent support them.
Americans also barely favored Carney’s stance on Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, 33 percent to 31 percent, with 35 percent undecided, Politico reported Wednesday.
