Maple Leaf Spirits
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Penticton, British Columbia · Online shop · mapleleafspirits.ca
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Jorg and Anette Engel distil Lady of the Cask wine brandy, Swiss-style kirsch, Pear Williams, gin and fruit liqueurs from Okanagan-grown fruit and wine at their Naramata Bench distillery.
Maple Leaf Spirits's brandies, gin and liqueurs are Canadian spirits under HTS 2208.20.40, 2208.90.30, 2208.50.00 and 2208.70.00, which carried a 50% US duty from August 22, 2026 and, since September 29, 2026, can no longer be imported into the United States at all.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 29, 2026
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Maple Leaf Spirits says its "award winning spirits, brandies, Gin, and liqueurs" are "handcrafted from local Okanagan-grown fruit and wine, distilled following European techniques and tradition."
On the tariff list
- HTS 2208.20.40 · Grape brandy, other than pisco and singani, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $3.43/liter · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The distillery makes the wine brandy "Lady of the Cask", a grape brandy under HTS 2208.20.40.
- HTS 2208.50.00 · Gin and Geneve · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The distillery offers "Gin" among its "award winning spirits, brandies, Gin, and liqueurs", gin under HTS 2208.50.00.
- HTS 2208.70.00 · Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Liqueurs and cordials · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The distillery makes "fruit liqueurs" from "cherries, apricots, peaches, or pears", liqueurs under HTS 2208.70.00.
- HTS 2208.90.30 · Brandy, other than grape and slivovitz brandies, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $3.43/liter · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The distillery makes "classic Swiss-style Kirsch, Pear Williams", fruit brandies other than grape under HTS 2208.90.30.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- mapleleafspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
handcrafted from local Okanagan-grown fruit and wine, distilled following European techniques and tradition
- mapleleafspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
we are now BC’s oldest distillery still owned by the founders
- mapleleafspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Jorg and Anette Engel
- mapleleafspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
We are home to the famous and award-winning wine brandy, "Lady of the Cask", aged in oak barrels since 2010.
- mapleleafspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Maple Leaf Spirits Inc. 948 Naramata Road Penticton, BC V2A 8V1 Canada
- whitehouse.gov · accessed 2026-09-29
2208.20.40, 2208.90.30, 2208.50.00, 2208.70.00
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