The Summer of Spirits

Though this year's control states spirits trends have been somewhat volatile, spirits grew nearly every month this summer, i.e. May, July and August, while wine continued to struggle, per the latest NABCA data.SPIRITS DOMINATE THE SUMMER. Year-to-date spirits sales are up 5.4% in control states, and the category kept up its momentum at the end of the summer with volume growth of 4.3% and sales growth of 7.6% in August.For the month of August, the growth rates of the individual