Spirits Sales Reach $26.2 Billion in 2017

The spirits category kept the ball rolling in 2017, increasing its market share for the eighth consecutive year, according to the Distilled Spirits Council's state of the union this morning.Spirits suppliers sales were up 4% to $26.2 billion, about a $1 billion increase over 2016. This marks the fourth consecutive year supplier sales grew by $1 billion. Volumes were also up, growing 2.6% to 226 million cases.ECONOMIC DRIVERS. Spirits growth in 2017 was "weighted towards high end, super premium products,"