US President Donald Trump's threat of 200-percent tariffs on wine, champagne and other alcoholic drinks from EU countries is proving hard to swallow in France's champagne region. But while Trump's threat was "very unfortunate",

The president said he would impose the levies if the European Union did not walk back plans to place retaliatory tariffs on whiskey and other U.S. products.

President Trump said he would impose a 200% tariff on U.S. imports of wine, Champagne and other alcoholic beverages from the bloc.