Wine’s On-Prem Share Likely Won’t Return to Pre-COVID Levels

Dear Client:   During a webinar this week, Jon Moramarco, managing partner of BW166 and editor of the Gomberg-Fredrikson report, provided a preliminary look at California winery shipments through June, showing a 3.6% increase in shipments for the first half of the year.  For the quarter ended June, total shipments from California wineries were up 4.5%. Shipments particularly accelerated within California, up 20.5% for the quarter. Meanwhile, California winery shipments to other states were up just about 1% for the