Retail sales of wine (Italian large-scale retail trade) – Circana data, first 9 months of 2023

Source: Circana data reworked by inumeridelvino.it Retail sales of wine continue to slow down also in the third quarter of 2023, which saw large-scale retail trade record an increase in sales of 2%, made up of a drop in volumes of 3% and a still sustained increase in prices of 5% year on year. The food for thought is no different from what has already been done in the past: in still wines, rosés are growing more than anyone else (from a very limited base), approximately +5%, white ones are at +3% (a little better than the first semester), while the red ones, already weaker and in the past move into slightly negative territory. It is also a question of price: rosé wines and until now white wines have on average been a little less expensive than reds. Sparkling wines maintain a decidedly more sustained trend (+7%) thanks to the still slightly growing volumes, while as regards the average price trend we are approximately at the same levels as still wine, 6% versus 5%. Well, we are ...