Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America

Sparkling wines and premium cuvées are posting double-digit revenue gains, signalling consumers still crave celebratory bottles.

New data from the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America's Sipsource tracker reveals that over the past three months, champagne revenue jumped by 14.7% and Prosecco rose by 10.2%, while Sauvignon Blanc also edged up by 3.2%.

Higher priced wines, that's those above $16, outperformed cheaper ranges, with the $50 plus segment seeing a modest 0.9% increase.

But this was the only still wine tier to stay positive in a 6% market downturn.

Yeah.

I, I think what I did, because I really wanted to, like, kind of get accepted into the industry, s-as I said, being an outsider, so, um, pretty much in our first full year out, I applied to be in this brand battle for the WSWA.

They represent the entire wholesaler tier in wine and spirits.

And so because if you're an alcohol brand, you have to sell to wholesaler who sells to the retail accounts.

And made in Rome with renowned winemaker and bottled at the historic distillery, which we will chat a lot more about, was created to offer a more balanced alternative, less sweet than Aperol and less bitter than Campari and crafted with 25% less sugar than Aperol.

In just a few years, the brand has expanded into eight countries, earned Best Brand of 2025 at WSWA, and is proving that even categories dominated by legacy players still have room for innovation.

I cannot wait to hear more from Anna about how Amante 1530 is doing and growing and scaling, and it's so, so exciting.

So welcome, Anna.

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I saw David Trone at WSWA this past February, March in Las Vegas, and he was on the stage with Charlie Marinoff, who owns, obviously, Breakthrough Beverage Group, and they were talking about the importance of the category.

So I hope that, you know, the trones are obviously political as well, that they're entrenched into this to this category.

I think it's essential that it does go forward.

But if we get something done for hemp this year, it will increase the priority of the remaining aspects of the plant to get done in the next Congress.

Well, has it has it helped having the alcohol industry enter the chat in terms of the WSWA and just the just everyone that we've seen that's behind the Van Dyne bill?

Has that helped in Washington? Well, aspects of the alcohol industry, absolutely, yes.

I mean, we're talking here from Louisville, Kentucky, the headquarters of at least two or three of the bourbon industry's greatest producers.