This Memorial Day past weekend, consumers kicked off the unofficial start of summer with a more diverse selection of food and beverage options. Although beer and hot dogs remain staple menu options for the summer, emerging options likely are to join them on the menu, according to New York-based Nielsen’s recent Insights titled “This Memorial Day, American Will Substitute Summer CPG Staples for Alternatives.”

Florida Orange Groves Winery launched Hurricane Class 5 White Sangria, a 10 percent alcohol-by-volume canned wine. 

Calistoga, Calif.-based Sterling Vineyards, a division of Treasury Wine Estates, is bringing a trio of wines to market in resealable aluminum bottles. The lineup is designed not only to improve convenience for consumers, but also to do so with the winery’s unique sense of style, it says.

St. Clair Winery, a brand of Southwest Wines, released Cantina Sangria.

Sprizzerí, a brand of Seattle-based August Wine Group, LLC, announced the release of its Sparkling Italian Wine Spritzers.

With summer in full force, consumers continue to thirst for the refreshing taste of water including flavored waters with in innovative flavors. In the Readers’ Choice: New Product of the Month poll for May, the readers selected WTRMLN WTR as their favorite new product release.