DTC Wine Shipments Top $4B in 2021, Trends Show a Return to Normalcy

Dear Client:   After a boom in direct-to-consumer wine shipments in 2020 (particularly in volume), the channel still grew in 2021, up 13.4% in value to $4.2 billion and up 1.4% in volume to 8.5 million cases, reflecting a return to normalcy, according to ShipCompliant's annual DTC report.  "2021 looks a good deal like what we would have expected it to look like had the pandemic never happened," per report. "But this new normal is one that includes new buyers