Agents for the Search and Sale
The Christmas lights have only just been put away yet the e-commerce experts are noting the online shopping revolution that largely defined the 2025 holiday season. Agentic shopping — which entails the use of an AI-chat bot recommendations, price comparisons and other customer service — doubled compared to last year, marking a shift in the […]
Prices Rise, SKUs Decline
Average wine prices rose through the past year while the total number of new SKUs and those with a vintage change notched declines, according to data from the the Gomberg Fredrikson & Associates’ monthly Price Analysis Report. In 2020, 553 new product SKUs and an additional 1,607 with a vintage change were added to the […]
Industry Metrics: Weak Year in DtC
Domestic Wine Sales Value 12 months ended December 2025 +5% U.S. wine sales including bulk imports, bw166 Other Industry Metrics for December 2025 (versus December 2024) data: -7% off-premise sales value, NIQ channels -1% on-premise sales (52 weeks ended Nov. 1), CGA by NIQ -2% DtC shipment value, WineBusiness Analytics/Sovos ShipCompliant -10% Winery Job Index, […]
Upcoming Events
Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium: Jan. 20-22, dtcwinesymposium.com Unified Wine & Grape Symposium: Jan. 27-29, unifiedsymposium.org WSWA Access Live: Feb. 2-5, accesslive.wswa.org Georgia Wine Producers Annual Conference: Feb. 2-3, georgiawineproducers.org Oregon Wine Symposium: Feb. 3-4, oregonwinesymposium.com WineVit Conference by Washington Winegrowers Association: Feb. 10-11, winevit.org North Carolina Winegrowers’ Association Annual Conference: Feb. 19-20, ncwinegrowers.com Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association Annual […]
