The Australian winemaker wants to set aside China’s 218% tariffs Australia’s largest wine producer plans to expand its business significantly in China by using shipments from other markets to crush the tariffs Beijing has imposed on Pacific national exports. The owner of the well-known brands Accolade Wines, Hardys and Echo Falls, said he would send wine from Chile and other places to China, which would allow him to avoid it. tariffs diplomatic tensions were set to rise in November to 218 percent. As a result, exports of wine to Australian China fell by 96 per cent a year, to just $ 12 million between December and March. data Wine Australia, a governing body.