Much has been written about the acceleration of declines in beer during 2025 along with spirit ready-to-drink (RTD) growth and wine softness; however, the outperformance of alternative adult beverages is giving rise to a differentiated market.
As a distinguished leader in the beverage alcohol wholesale community, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, Miami and Dallas, understands the importance in remaining tapped into the trends driving consumers’ path to purchase.
With a U.S. footprint that spans 47 markets along with international reach in Canada, the Caribbean, Central America and South America, as well as the travel retail and cruise sector, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is staying on top of market needs by delivering exceptional service, insights and innovation.
Amid broader declines in the wine and beverage alcohol sectors, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine shipping channel is set to face another difficult year, based on data from Sovos ShipCompliant and WineBusiness Analytics.
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA), Washington, D.C., released the SipSource 2025 Q2 Report, with spirits falling 6% in volume and down 5% in revenue, while wine posted sharper drops of -8.7% in volume and -8.5% in revenue.
NielsenIQ (NIQ) released “The Halftime Report,” a beverage alcohol scorecard measuring the front half of 2025. The report found that total beverage alcohol sales are down 3% year-over-year, totaling $53 billion.
This year’s State of the Industry report on the U.S. wine and spirits markets highlights the challenges for wine and the segments keeping spirits growing.
The Wine Group LLC, Livermore, Calif., announced that it entered into an agreement with Constellation Brands, Inc. to acquire several wine brands: Cook’s, J. Rogét, Meiomi, Robert Mondavi Private Selection, SIMI and Woodbridge.
The U.S. wine market is feeling the pressure as beverage alcohol contends with changing consumption habits and attempts to appeal to younger legal drinking age (LDA) consumers.