Rabobank Identifies Trends in Wine M&A and Global Supply

Looking back on the activity in the wine industry during Q4, Rabobank focuses on three key trends in its most recent quarterly wine report: (1) The effects of declining global production; (2) what M&A trends tell us about where wine trends are headed; and (3) continued growth of US wine imports.M&A TRENDS. The spirits category is receiving the bulk of M&A activity lately as spirit companies exit the wine space, and wine companies are building exposure to spirits. But the