The August 2015 issue of Wines & Vines magazine is full of interesting and useful information as usual. One article that caught my eye provides IRI off-premise wine sales data for the top 20 U.S. wine brands. What are the best-selling off-premise brands? What’s hot (and what’s not)? The best-selling brand in the IRI league table is Gallo’s Barefoot, which accounted for an incredible $622 million in sales in the 52 weeks ending on June 14, 2015. That’s 5% more than the previous year in value terms and a 7% increase in volume. Congratulations to Gallo on their great success with this popular-priced ($5.64 average) wine. It is commonplace to say today that the sub-$9 wine category is in a slump, but Barefoot is the obvious exception to the rule Sutter Home from Trinchero Family Estates is #2, but a long way back at $356 million sales. The rule does apply here — value is down 2% on the year and volume is down 3%. The Wine Group’s Franzia Box is just behind with $325 million in sales on the year, flat in value terms and down 5% in volume.  

Franzia’s average price per 750 ml equivalent is up 11 cents to $2.17 compared with Sutter Home’s $5.25. Who are the other big players? Here are the remaining members of the top ten listed in  order: #4 Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi (Constellation), #5 Yellow Tail, #6 Kendall Jackson, #7 Beringer (Treasury), #8  Chateau Ste Michelle, #9 Cupcake (The Wine Group), and #10 Mènage à Trois (Trinchero).world's best organic wine The next ten largest brands includes four Gallo product lines (Gallo Family Vineyards, Apothic, Carlo Rossi and Livingston Cellars), four from Constellation Brands (Black Box, Clos Du Bois, Robert Mondavi Private Selection and Rex Goliath) plus 14 Hands from Ste Michelle and Bogle Vineyards.best coffee table books on wine Clearly the Big Three companies (Gallo, Constellation and The Wine Group) dominate the list, but note how Trinchero and Ste Michelle punch above their weight. best wines of england

Kudos to Bogle for their success, too. The biggest wine brands are not always the hottest brands and the IRI data reported in Wines & Vines bears this out. As noted above, many of the top brands are experiencing slower sales in value terms including Sutter Home (-2%), Yellow Tail (-5%), Gallo Family Vineyards (-2%), Carlo Rossi (-3%), Clos Du Bois (-2%), Mondavi Private Selection (-4%), Livingston Cellars (-5%) and Rex Goliath (-4%).glass of wine on the beach These declines are matched by some spectacular gains elsewhere on the wine wall, often at much higher price points. buy wine ingredientsMènage à Trois tops the Hot List with 24% growth in value and 23% increase in volume, continuing its incredible market run. best red wine brands for health in india

Black Box is right behind with 23% value growth. Gallo’s Apothic is next 21% value growth. Continuing down the Hot List (among the 20 largest brands) is 14 Hands (+17%), Bogle (+15%) and Chateau Ste Michelle (12% value growth). When you’re hot you’re hot, I guess. While Beringer and Clos Du Bois  have experienced falling average prices according to IRI (-11 cents per bottle equivalent for Beringer and -27 cents for Clos Du Bois), Mènage à Trois has seen its average price rise by 10 cents while Apothic’s average price holds steady at $9.58. Remember that these are data for off-premise sales only and all data sources have limitations, so draw conclusions cautiously. Thanks to Wines & Vines for publishing this interesting snapshot of the U.S. wine market in transition. What will the final picture look like? Stay tuned to find out. Speaking of Hot N Cold …Top 10 wine brands 2016 26th July, 2016 by Lucy Shaw While interest in wine among younger consumers appears to be at an all-time high, and brands are being forced to wake up to the importance of engaging with the next generation of drinkers who will ultimately go on to shape the market, consumption in countries with a rich wine tradition like Italy, France and Germany is in decline and forecast to fall further over the next four years.

While Italy overtook France to become the world’s largest wine producer last year, at the same time domestic consumption fell to an all-time low. It’s a very different story in the US, which retained its crown last year as the world’s largest consumer of wine, with consumption slated to rise a further 2% between now and 2019 to 4.2 billion bottles per year. Interestingly, millennial consumers are driving this growth, despite being increasingly lured to other drinks categories like craft beer and Bourbon, which seem more adept at speaking their language. Encouragingly, wine lovers in the US are adopting a ‘less is better’ philosophy, with sales of wine over $10 a bottle on the rise. But while Americans may be forking out more on wine in general, boxed wine brand Franzia remains the world’s bestselling wine brand with a staggering 0.8% share of the total global market, according to Euromonitor. Consumption in China is picking up, with the country making an increasing impact on the global wine market.

While exports are on the rise, imports grew by 37% in 2015 as the country’s thirst for wnes from all over the world develops. Back home in the UK, Prosecco continues to dominate the headlines and sales, as the Italian sparkler is increasingly viewed as an everyday treat. But while the UK remains a key player on the global wine stage, it is not yet known how its decision to leave the European Union will affect trade. With the powerhouses of the US and China dominating the global wine game last year, it’s unsurprising that the majority of brands in our top 10 hail from these two nations. But we’re keeping a close eye on Chile’s Concha y Toro, which is quietly but steadily rising to the top of the table with wines that outperform for their price points. Read on for our round up of the top 10 biggest-selling wine brands in the world. Sales figures are based on a combination of data provided by the brand owners and industry estimates.We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for