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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +9%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +9% by value over the last twelve months…

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Wine – The Glass is Half Full

Over the past several weeks, two key industry reports have indicated the glass is half empty. First, from Silicon Valley…

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First Look at US Beverage Alcohol in 2022

The first look at the US Beverage Alcohol market using bw166’s proprietary methodology shows that the Beverage Alcohol Servings Index…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +10%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +11% by value over the last twelve months…

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bw166/GFA – Q4 Webinar

Sign up and save the date. GFA Webinar Series with Jon Moramarco on January 10, 2023 @ 9:00am PDT Join Jon Moramarco,…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +12%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +12% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +12%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +12% by value over the last twelve months…

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TTB Approved 176.2K Products L12M through September 2022, A…

By Category: Beer: 42.2K products approved over the L12M (–0.4% vs. last year) and 9.7K over the L3M (–8.6% vs. last year)…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +12%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +12% by value over the last twelve months…

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TTB Approved 177.3K Products L12M through August 2022, A…

By Category: Beer: 43K products approved over the L12M (+2.7% vs. last year) and 10K over the L3M (–5.9% vs. last year)…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +11%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +10% by value over the last twelve months…

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TTB Approved 176K Products L12M through July 2022, A…

By Category: Beer: 43K products approved over the L12M (+3.2% vs. last year) and 9.9K over the L3M (–3.5% vs. last year)…

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Support for the Hospitality Industry

Last week bw166 posted about Covid-19 and the Beverage Alcohol Industry – which stated: “The Beverage Alcohol Industry will see…

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Covid-19 and the Beverage Alcohol Industry

While government response to Covid-19 is exceptionally fluid, the industry can learn from lessons of the past on what to…

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How Big is the U.S. Wine Market Really?

On January 13th, IWSR issued a press release that pronounced “Wine Consumption in the U.S. Declines for First Time in 25…

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Initial Impacts of Tariffs Show Significant Impact on Imports…

But, first, some highlights from the tariffs imposed on October 13, 2019: The primary beverage alcohol imports impacted by the…

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First Quarter Beverage Alcohol Trends

The beverage alcohol market slowed in the first quarter with overall servings of Beer, Wine, and Spirits only being up…

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U.S. Beverage Alcohol Spending Hits $253.8 Billion in 2018,…

Consumers continued to increase spending in the beverage alcohol category with overall spending at $253.8 Billion – an increase of…

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Wine shipments into US reach 400 million cases for…

For twelve months ending December, the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on beverage alcohol at $233.5…

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The Changed Landscape of Promoting Wine in California

On August 25th, 2016 the Governor of California signed a bill into law that eliminates Instant Rebate Coupons (IRC) funded…

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Brexit and Total Beverage Alcohol – A Quick Primer

After the United Kingdom voted on Thursday to exit the European Union, there has been considerable commentary on the long…

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Observations on the 2015 Preliminary Grape Crush Report

The wine grape crush declined from 3.9 million tons to 3.7 million tons (excluding raisin and table grapes), a 5%…

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Report Timing

Question: Why do you wait so long to release your reports? Answer: Our reports are dependent on various government data sources…

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bw166 Publication Advantages

Question: Why have you started publishing beverage alcohol industry data? Answer: There are 3 key factors that our reports address:…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +13%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +12% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +6%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +5% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -1%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -1% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -5%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -4% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -6%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -4%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -4% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -4%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -3% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -8%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -7% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -6%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -5%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -4% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -6%…

Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months…

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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -4%…

Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -2% by value over the last twelve months and declined -24%…

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Support for the Hospitality Industry

Last week bw166 posted about Covid-19 and the Beverage Alcohol Industry – which stated: “The Beverage Alcohol Industry will see…

Read more

Covid-19 and the Beverage Alcohol Industry

While government response to Covid-19 is exceptionally fluid, the industry can learn from lessons of the past on what to…

Read more

How Big is the U.S. Wine Market Really?

On January 13th, IWSR issued a press release that pronounced “Wine Consumption in the U.S. Declines for First Time in 25…

Read more

Initial Impacts of Tariffs Show Significant Impact on Imports…

But, first, some highlights from the tariffs imposed on October 13, 2019: The primary beverage alcohol imports impacted by the…

Read more

First Quarter Beverage Alcohol Trends

The beverage alcohol market slowed in the first quarter with overall servings of Beer, Wine, and Spirits only being up…

Read more

U.S. Beverage Alcohol Spending Hits $253.8 Billion in 2018,…

Consumers continued to increase spending in the beverage alcohol category with overall spending at $253.8 Billion – an increase of…

Read more

Wine shipments into US reach 400 million cases for…

For twelve months ending December, the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on beverage alcohol at $233.5…

Read more

The Changed Landscape of Promoting Wine in California

On August 25th, 2016 the Governor of California signed a bill into law that eliminates Instant Rebate Coupons (IRC) funded…

Read more

Brexit and Total Beverage Alcohol – A Quick Primer

After the United Kingdom voted on Thursday to exit the European Union, there has been considerable commentary on the long…

Read more

Observations on the 2015 Preliminary Grape Crush Report

The wine grape crush declined from 3.9 million tons to 3.7 million tons (excluding raisin and table grapes), a 5%…

Read more

Report Timing

Question: Why do you wait so long to release your reports? Answer: Our reports are dependent on various government data sources…

Read more

bw166 Publication Advantages

Question: Why have you started publishing beverage alcohol industry data? Answer: There are 3 key factors that our reports address:…

Read more

Product Approval Trends Heading Into 2021

To coincide with the release of data concerning December 2020 Product Approvals, we thought we’d also highlight some of the…

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Indicators on Supplier Closures and Trends in 2020

The past year has been chaotic. Between pandemic-related shutdowns and wildfires in California, the beverage alcohol industry has faced a…

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Tequila-Based Seltzers and More: New Product Approvals

Following up on our post yesterday (The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers) and the recent Beer Business Daily article (A-B Jumps…

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The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers

With the rapid growth of the seltzer category, it was inevitable that more participants will chase that growth. Using our…

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TTB Approved 163.5K Products L12M through October 2020, A…

By Category: Beer: 40K products approved over the L12M (–1.3% vs. last year) and 10K over the L3M (–14.7% vs. last year)…

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TTB Approved 165.6K Products L12M through September 2020, A…

By Category: Beer: 40.1K products approved over the L12M (–0.3% vs. last year) and 9.9K over the L3M (–13.7% vs. last year)…

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TTB Approved 170.1K Products Over L12M through August 2020,…

By Category: Beer: 40.5K products approved over the L12M (+2.3% vs. last year) and 9.4K over the L3M (–10.5% vs. last year)…

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TTB Approved 175.7K Products Over Last Twelve Months through…

By Category: Beer: 41.7K products approved over the L12M (+7.4% vs. last year) and 8.9K over the L3M (–4.5% vs. last year)…

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TTB Product Approvals down -11.7% over the Last Three…

This near-term decline corresponds with the current COVID-19 environment and is predominantly driven by Wine approvals though all three categories…

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TTB Approved 176.1K Products Over Last Twelve Months through…

By Category: Beer: 41.6K products approved over the L12M (+5.8% vs. last year) and 9.7K over the L3M (–9.5% vs. last year)…

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TTB Approved 180.1K Products Over Last Twelve Months through…

By Category: Beer: 42.1K products approved over the L12M (+7.7% vs. last year) and 10.5K over the L3M (–21.1% vs. last year)…

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TTB Approved 184.9K Products Over Last Twelve Months through…

By Category: Beer: 42.6K products approved over the L12M (+12.3% vs. last year) and 10.1K over the L3M (+17.1% vs. last year)…

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