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Prestige Beverage Group

Sparkling wines, red wine blends fastest-growing segments

Millennials drive category growth
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Barbara Harfmann
February 10, 2017
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Capping several years of steady, modest growth for both domestic and import wines, the wine market in the United States continues to grow, experts note. Fueled by consumers’ interest in fine wine and increased product launches, the market has grown “at mid-single-digit rates on dollars [and] smaller single-digit rates on volume as consumers continue to trade up to more expensive wines,” says Danny Brager, senior vice president of beverage alcohol for New York-based Nielsen. “Sparkling wines in particular continue to grow dynamically at double-digit rates.”
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Nielsen finds red blends blossoming in wine category

Consolidations of wineries, wholesalers, retailers present challenges to smaller operations
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Jessica Jacobsen
February 10, 2016
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Sherwood Schwartz’ 1970s sitcom “The Brady Bunch” was among the first TV programs to address blended family dynamics. Tackling the growing pains of a newly formed family, the Brady’s eventually no longer were “steps” but a functioning family unit.


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Second Home

Premium alcohol boosts on-premise sales

Consumers are 'drinking less but drinking better,' Technomic reports
January 15, 2014
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Although consumers continue to control their spending on-premise, thereby slowing growth in the channel, premium adult beverages are bringing momentum to the segment, according to Chicago-based Technomic Inc.’s 2013 BarTAB Report.


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