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2023 – A Difficult Year for TBA
If misery loves company, there was plenty of misery to go around for Beverage Alcohol in 2023. The total servings…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -9%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -9% by value over the last twelve months…
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The US Beverage Alcohol Market – September 2023
bw166 tracks the total beverage alcohol market in the US based on tax-paid shipments into the market, both domestic and…
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TTB Approved 180.6K Products L12M through September 2023, An…
By Category: Beer: 40.2K products approved over the L12M (–4.8% vs. last year) and 9.2K over the L3M (–4.7% vs. last year)…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -5%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -5% by value over the last twelve months…
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TTB Approved 179.1K Products L12M through July 2023, An…
By Category: Beer: 40.5K products approved over the L12M (–5.8% vs. last year) and 9.4K over the L3M (–4.6% vs. last year)…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Decline -2%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) declined -2% by value over the last twelve months…
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TTB Approved 178.4K Products L12M through June 2023, An…
By Category: Beer: 40.7K products approved over the L12M (–5.7% vs. last year) and 10K over the L3M (–7.9% vs. last year)…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +1%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +1% by value over the last twelve months…
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TTB Approved 177.6K Products L12M through May 2023, Flat…
By Category: Beer: 40.9K products approved over the L12M (–6.3% vs. last year) and 10.9K over the L3M (–8.1% vs. last year)…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +7%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +7% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +8%…
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 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…
Read moreBrexit 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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Shipments vs. Depletions
Question: Why do you focus on volume entering distribution? Answer: The source of our data is varied government reports at both the…
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Data Verification
Question: How can a subscriber be certain that your data accurately reflects the market? Your wine data especially has some significant…
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Shipment Volatility
Question: Why do your multi period reports start with the longest period? Answer: Our reports deal with product entering distribution channels.…
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Launching bw166 Research Reports
Veteran wine industry executive Jon Moramarco has launched a high -level monthly research report that provides ‘intelligent data’ on the…
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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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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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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 +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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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +15%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +14% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +20%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +18% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +32%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +30% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +24%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +22% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +23%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +20% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +20%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +18% by value over the last twelve months…
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Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +19%…
Total Beverage Alcohol: Total beverage alcohol imports (including bulk and packaged) grew +17% by value over the last twelve months…
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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…
Read moreBrexit 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%…
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
Shipments vs. Depletions
Question: Why do you focus on volume entering distribution? Answer: The source of our data is varied government reports at both the…
Read more
Data Verification
Question: How can a subscriber be certain that your data accurately reflects the market? Your wine data especially has some significant…
Read more
Shipment Volatility
Question: Why do your multi period reports start with the longest period? Answer: Our reports deal with product entering distribution channels.…
Read more
Launching bw166 Research Reports
Veteran wine industry executive Jon Moramarco has launched a high -level monthly research report that provides ‘intelligent data’ on the…
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TTB Approved 176K Products L12M through April 2022, An…
By Category: Beer: 43.3K products approved over the L12M (+7.4% vs. last year) and 11.7K over the L3M (+3.4% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 177.6K Products L12M through March 2022, An…
By Category: Beer: 42.9K products approved over the L12M (+8.1% vs. last year) and 11.2K over the L3M (–3.3% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 179K Products L12M through December 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 43.3K products approved over the L12M (+8.8% vs. last year) and 10.5K over the L3M (+9.3% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 178.8K Products L12M through November 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 43.2K products approved over the L12M (+11.5% vs. last year) and 10.8K over the L3M (+13.8% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 179.6K Products L12M through October 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 42.9K products approved over the L12M (+7.3% vs. last year) and 11.2K over the L3M (+12.4% vs. last year)…
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Line Extensions and New Entrants Continue to Expand the…
We recently looked through the latest new product approvals from the TTB using our Label Inquiry tool and wanted to…
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TTB Approved 180K Products L12M through September 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 42.4K products approved over the L12M (+5.8% vs. last year) and 10.6K over the L3M (+7.1% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 178.5K Products L12M through August 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 41.8K products approved over the L12M (+3.3% vs. last year) and 10.7K over the L3M (+13.6% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 176.8K Products L12M through July 2021, An…
By Category: Beer: 41.6K products approved over the L12M (–0.1% vs. last year) and 10.2K over the L3M (+14.5% vs. last year)…
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Spirits Lead the Acceleration in Seltzer/RTD Label Approvals
Label approvals for seltzer and seltzer-like products continue to accelerate in 2021. Currently in 2021, approvals are trending at 334…
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TTB Approved 174K Products L12M through May 2021, A…
By Category: Beer: 40.6K products approved over the L12M (–2.5% vs. last year) and 10.9K over the L3M (+12.1% vs. last year)…
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TTB Approved 165.4K Products L12M through March 2021, A…
By Category: Beer: 39.7K products approved over the L12M (–5.3% vs. last year) and 11.6K over the L3M (–1% vs. last year)…
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The bw166 TBA Serving index increased +1.4% to 123.3…
bw166 released The Total Beverage Alcohol report for twelve months through November 2019. Key points over the past twelve months…
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TBA Servings +0.9% L12M through Sept. 2019
The latest bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows that servings are up +0.9% for the 12 months through September 2019…
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Industry Update Through June 2019
The bw166 TBA Overview Advance report for June 2019 indicates a market continuing the long-term trend of total servings of…
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Total Beverage Alcohol Spending Continues Growth: +3.7% through September…
For twelve months ending September, the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on beverage alcohol at $229.8…
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Total Beverage Alcohol Spending Continues Growth: +3.8% through August…
For twelve months ending August, the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on beverage alcohol at $229.8…
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Total Beverage Alcohol Spending Continues Growth: +4.0% through July…
For twelve months ending July, the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on beverage alcohol at $229.8…
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Beverage Alcohol Spending Up 3.4%
For 12 months ending June 30th 2016 the bw166 Total Beverage Alcohol Overview shows total consumer spending on Beverage Alcohol at just over…
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bw166’s TBA Servings Index grows 1.5% to 119 in…
bw166 recently introduced the Advance Edition of its Total Beverage Alcohol Overview report, which is included in the subscription price…
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