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116,000+ new wine products approved by TTB in past 12 months: bw166

TTB Approved 175.7K wine/beer/spirits products over last 12 months Through July 2020. An increase of 7.7K (+4.6%) Source: bw166 By Category: Wine: 116.4K products approved over the L12M (+1.5% vs. last year) and 28.4K over the L3M (–13.1% vs. last year) Beer: 41.7K products approved over the L12M (+7.4% vs. last year) and 8.9K over […]

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COVID’s keeping people home, but those who venture out drink red wine most of the time

Source: Nielsen

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Harvard-controlled LLC in $120+ million deal with anonymous LLC connected with Canadian pension fund.

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After COVID hoarding surge, FMCG consumer market basket size decreasing in all channels except eCommerce

Interactive chart at source: Nielsen

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US layoffs drop, but permanent job loss share is up

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via ABC News/538

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With a smell thesaurus this complex, it’s no wonder wine consumers get confused

Source: Wine Folly

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Shake-up in top 10 off-premise wine growth brands. Category driving more sales than last year

The top 15 growth brands for the latest 9 weeks are contributing more overall dollars to the wine category, compared to the top 15 growth brands last year during this same time period. According to Nielsen: “With partial re-openings of on premise beginning in various parts of the country in late May, the summer months […]

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Wine- & tequila-based cocktails driving consumption. Spirits growth rate almost 2X as fast as vino.

Unless otherwise noted, all trends below are for dollar sales within Nielsen U.S. off-premise channels for the one-week period ending 8/1/20 compared to the same week in 2019. We continue to remind our readers that we are only measuring some specific off premise channels, and that the impact of the health crisis on sales is […]

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Tasting rooms can benefit from knowing these14 factors that encourage visits to visit bars and cafes

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Michael David Winery, 2018 Lodi Petite Sirah: Intense black cherry fruit with hints of vanilla & cedar, balanced by gnarly tannins with a smooth mouthfeel & exceptional balance.

After reading our Wine of the Day post on spoiled wine —  A heat-damaged Safeway trifecta — Michael David Winery stepped up to the plate and replaced the wine we had bought. They did not need to do this, but they clearly cared about the diminished quality of their wine at the hands of either […]

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