Control State Trends Slip in June

In keeping with this year's volatile trends, control state spirits sales were down 3% and volumes were down over 5% in June after reporting high growth rates in May.None of the spirits categories grew at faster rates than their respective 12-month trends and many were in the red for the month. Vodka was down 5%, brandy/cognac was down 10%, Canadian whiskey was down 6.5%, cordials were down 8.5%, domestic whiskey was down 3.4%, gin dropped almost 7%, rum was down