Wine Pricing on the Way Up in 2018

Since the US recession, wine and spirits have had a much harder time increasing price than the beer category--instead wine and spirits companies just launched higher priced SKUs--but that may be changing, according to the latest set of data from BW166. Year-to-date through August, wine has shown improvement in pushing through price increases, while beer's ability to take price is slowing.Let's zoom out to get the full picture. Total beverage alcohol servings were flat (up 0.18%) year-to-date through August, but