Distribs Report Soft Q1, But Prepping for Gradual Recovery

Dear Client: The softness we saw in bev alc trends in 2023 is leaking into 2024, with lackluster Q1 results. But there's reason to hope for gradual recovery as we move through the year.  Your editor pinged a few wine and spirits distributors to get a better read on Q1 performance as well as their expectations for Q2 and beyond.   "Q1 2024 was a challenging quarter, coming in softer than Q1 2023 across both wine and spirits as we saw