After a rebound year, the wine industry is returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to the annual Direct to Consumer Wine Shipping Report, a collaboration between Sovos ShipCompliant and Wines Vines Analytics.   A record $4.2 billion in wine shipments were made in 2021. 

Highlights from the report include: 

• 2021 marks a year of recovery and return to normalcy in the winery DtC shipping channel
• Value of shipments breaks the $4 billion mark
• Smallest year-over-year change in volume in the history of this report After a year when volumes soared
• The 11.8% increase in price per bottle shipped is the largest yearly increase ever
• Smaller wineries perform best in a reversal from 2020
• Napa wineries see strong rebound from 2020
• Oregon’s multi-year boom in shipments continues in 2021 Oregon wineries, with
• Kentucky breaks out in 2021 following DtC shipping law in 2020 With a new law that went
• Winery shipments capture 12% of offpremise sales of domestic wines

Read the entire report at: http://dtcreport.com/