Wine

As the world’s leading distiller, Diageo has a broad portfolio covering a range of categories and geographies. This breadth is one of its core strengths. The resilience of US spirits has been a notable positive story for the company amid the…

During the initial COVID-19 lockdown in India, alcoholic drinks including wine were deemed as non-essential. Therefore, the government banned the manufacture and sale of those products during the lockdown through both the on- and off-trade. While…

Wine saw a solid recovery in off-trade volume terms in 2020, following a decline in sales in 2019. However, this positive trend failed to offset the sharp decrease in sales through on-trade channels, leading to an overall decline in volume sales.…

Wine recorded a large double-digit decline in total volume growth in 2020. Since on-trade accounts for the largest proportion of volume sales of wine in Egypt, the steep decline reflects the large-scale halting of on-trade activity and tourism in the…

The government's regulations in Austria led to a strong decline in sales through on-trade channels in 2020, while at the same time sales through off-trade trade channels, especially from supermarkets, increased strongly. With a notable increase in…

Due to the absence of licensed domestic production and the ban on imports, wine remained a negligible category in Pakistan in 2020. Bootlegged imported brands accounted for almost all wine consumed in the country during the review period. However, as…

Although per capita consumption of wine was still relatively low prior to COVID-19, Uzbekistanis were showing increased interest in drinking wine on occasions other than special events and celebrations, largely as a result of a rising assortment of…

In 2020, the global alcoholic drinks market faced a genuinely unprecedented collapse that proved to be far worse than the depths of the 2008 Great Recession while overshadowing every other major regional, macro or black swan event-driven crisis in…

On-trade sales of wine had performed well over the review period. The growing number of hotels near tourist destinations with the highest occupancy rates in the region supported sales, with year-on-year increases in tourist arrivals. This boosted the…

In 2020, total volume sales of wine dropped substantially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the outbreak of the virus, Spanish authorities implemented national and local lockdown measures aimed at limiting the spread of the COVID-19…

Growth in off-trade volume sales of wine slowed sharply in 2020 as the economic shock of COVID-19 made Estonians more cautious in their discretionary spending habits. Increased health-consciousness among local consumers also contributed to the…

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Cameroon, authorities placed restrictions on the operation of horeca outlets, with many facing curfews which heavily restricted on-trade sales in 2020. As such, off-trade volume sales registered a dramatic…

Total volume and value growth percentages in 2020 were negative and significantly lower than growth rates recorded in 2019 as a result of the sudden pandemic-related loss of tourism, the momentum of which had been strongly boosting sales and sales…

In an exciting turn of events, the popularity of wine increased during 2020 to the extent that it was labelled ‘the pandemic beverage of choice’. Wine already had a foothold among Brazilian consumers, being mostly consumed at home or at social…

Wine performed fairly well in the light of COVID-19 in 2020, managing to see positive total volume growth overall. This is thanks to still wine variants all maintaining positive figures, whilst sparkling wine variants saw the steepest declines with…

Wine sales have been hit hard during 2020. Like other alcoholic drinks, the major reason for this is the shutdown of on-trade establishments over two separate periods in 2020, between March 19th and May 11th, and from November 28 until the end of the…

Even before the lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced at the end of March 2020, the wine industry was dealt many shocks, with frost, wind and bushfires resulting in low grape yields at the end of 2019, start of 2020. When…

Restaurant and bar sales are a significant component of wine sales in the US and their decline in 2020 meant the overall wine category was seeing decreasing sales, despite the off-trade recording positive growth. US on-trade locations fluctuated…

With the absence of private imports as border trade dropped due to restrictions on travel as a result of the pandemic and a move away from the on-trade channel during 2020 due to various social distancing measures and a general cautious attitude…

Wine showed the least steep volume declines in 2020, thanks to the heavily ingrained culture of wine-drinking amongst Slovenia consumers. However, wine still faced challenges from the collapse of on-trade channels and the tourism industry during the…