Dorian update from Mount Pleasant: windy and wet; small limbs down; high tide last night crested 2-3 feet below prediction; no water in our crawl space or garage. But, we are eating well and the paper even got… instagram.com/p/B2B1guYh9ht/…

100% tariffs on all EU wines equals thousands of lost jobs and hundreds of bankrupt small businesses for America. United States Congress: Save American Wine Jobs - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Xcyg9YM7 #winetarrifs

How do Italian/French/Spanish restaurants thrive when there is a effective prohibition on their beverage program? postandcourier.com/blog/raskin_ar…

I personally think this will hurt the hospitality industry. It will suck the soul out of every French/Italian/Spanish restaurant in Charleston and the US and will suck our tourists wallets dry. More boring and more expensive isn’t a recipe for success. charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/cha…

Part of $2.4 billion in business-killing, soul-gutting tariffs in retaliation for a $500 million French Digital tax that Amazon, et al started collecting in October. THIS is shameless! #wine #FrenchWine #Champagne #ILoveCheese #cheese nytimes.com/2020/01/05/opi…

Working together today with Lindsey Graham’s office to find a more thoughtful solution to a couple of trade issues. We need strong trade positions with the EU but tariffing wine will cost too many good American jobs and businesses. Lindsey Graham Donald J. Trump

And that’s what we call the Southern Six Step! Lindsey Graham @WhipClyburn Richard Shelby Doug Jones Senator Tim Scott Rep. Terri A. Sewell They all now understand how these tariffs will hurt the F and B industry. Onward to better solutions! Thanks to all. #cooperation

Hey-ho! Can we get this thing over 25,000 before my meeting with the Ways and Means committee chairman later today? chng.it/Xcyg9YM7 via Change.org

The wine industry is responsible for thousands of jobs in Oregon. These nonsensical tariffs would have a devastating impact on Oregon wine industries, restaurants & small businesses. We cannot punish American industry through irresponsible trade retaliation. I'm fighting back.

Help me fight for wine jobs- from servers to importers. 100% tariffs on EU wines will kill your tip-out. gf.me/u/xcm5w2

foodandwine.com/fwpro/the-wine…. Very proud to write and post this. We are all in for a tough go, it is time to suspend the Hospitality Tariffs. They amount to a destructive restaurant tax at the worst possible time.

How many F and B layoffs happened in the last 7 days? I am guessing 5 million. Think about that. It’s time to get serious about rescuing the most vulnerable industry in this crisis.

20% unemployment is 32 million out of work. The devastated restaurant industry employ(ed) 15.6 million people last week. Congress needs to lead and develop a immediate relief plan for the f and b industry that makes it whole! @senatemajldr Senator Dick Durbin cnn.com/2020/03/17/pol…

This is a good sign for small business everywhere!

Lots of people and communities in this boat!

nytimes.com/2020/03/24/din… #toomanytofail #toosmalltofail #saverestaurants #GetInvolved

This Sunday, Nicki and I were to celebrate our 23rd Anniversary at LLF’s Chef’s Potluck. Last time they coincided, I had 19 chefs deliver 19 bouquets. This year, Grassroots is sending LLF all of our Win Win Wine… instagram.com/p/B_VLRj8B-Dz/…

It’s time Congress steps up to #SaveRestaurants by passing the RESTAURANTS Act. Share our new ad that is airing on cable news networks in DC and in select markets across the country and take action now at SaveRestaurants.com.