Wine Growth Decelerates in 2018

Dear Client: In 2018, total wine sales were up 2.1% and volumes were down 0.2% in all Nielsen-measured channels, slightly down from 2017's 2.4% increase in sales and 0.8% increase in volumes. Digging further into 2018 wine trends….    DOMESTIC V. IMPORTS. Imports continued the trend of outpacing domestics in 2018. Import wine sales were up nearly 3% and volumes were up 0.8%, while domestic wine sales were up 1.8% and volumes were down 0.5%. Imports from New Zealand, France