Just a few years ago, such tales might have made Western businessmen wonder why the wine importers were in China.

Michael Campion claimed that he had a stable job working for a wine importer with good income.

It was a bad year for the wine importers.

And Chilean wine importers predict that their share will rise another 30 percent this year.

And wine importers tend not to be large donors to political campaigns, so they have few friends in Congress.

Germany has been a major wine importer for a long time.

Prices for well-known second growth chateaus are actually more important to wine importers.

If it does, wine importers are hoping that President Clinton's trade negotiators will single out another commodity.

She is now a vice president of Vineyard Brands, a wine importer.

The wine importers have enlisted some powerful legislative support.