In how trade tensions make my reporting difficult, which was published in early August, I elaborated on how the wine sector, among others, were caught up in the prolonged China-U.S. trade row. Back then, most vintners in California's Napa Valley had declined our interview requests though they were dismayed at the rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs. Things, however, quickly turned around. Struck by the magnitude of the ongoing conflict, they soon became more outspoken.