"Why pay foreigners when American wines are just as good." A few reasons: 1. If I'm shopping for wine, and I don't see any producers I'm familiar with, I have

"Why pay foreigners when American wines are just as good." A few reasons: 1. If I'm shopping for wine, and I don't see any producers I'm familiar with, I have a good tool for picking likely winners for imported wines: looking at the importer. I don't have a similar trick for domestic wines. Hints welcome! 2. Wines from different parts of the world can have pretty distinct characteristics, and I find it fun to try different things. 3. I've generally (though not always) had better luck finding cheap-and-good foreign wines than American wines. 4. I think there can be very good reasons to buy locally, but I also think a stronger global economy will have great benefits and I have no problem contributing to it.