The Florida Wineries Report – August 2014

One new winery and one new meadery in August’s Florida Winery Report.

Monthly Highlights

Two new manufacturers are added to The Florida Wineries Report: De Luna Winery in Pensacola, and In the Mead Time in West Palm Beach. Neither manufacturer reported retail sales in August.
Based on taxpaid sales, monthly sales at Florida’s wineries by 17.3%. Annualized sales for the winemakers’ was down by 0.97% compared to the prior month for the second month in a row.
Notes About The Florida Wineries Report have been moved to the bottom of this post.

Florida Wineries Monthly Taxpaid Sales

We start out with each Florida winery’s taxpaid sales volume for the month of August 2014. Seabreeze Winery moved into the top spot for the month.

Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales by Florida Wineries
for the month of August 2014
Monthly Rank	Ranking Change	Winery	City	Sales (in cases)
1	+1	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	358.82
2	+1	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	317.67
3	-2	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	288.25
4	+2	Florida Winery	Madeira Beach	221.02
5	-1	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	124.83
6	-1	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	114.71
7	+2	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	98.04
8	+9	Copp Winery	Crystal River	74.17
9	+4	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	61.58
10	-2	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	58.11
11	+1	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	57.98
12	-2	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	53.95
13	-2	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	46.95
14	+17	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	46.49
15	0	Southern Brewing & Winemaking	Tampa	40.34
16	+5	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	34.29
17	+1	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	32.71
18	+4	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	25.89
19	-3	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	25.39
20	0	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	23.97
21	+6	Al Rite Fruits & Syrups	Miami	16.99
22	-8	Wine Making Pantry	Sarasota	13.49
23	+2	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	12.10
24	+12	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	9.66
25	+7	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	9.33
26	+4	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	7.57
27	-8	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	7.16
28	+16	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	6.00
29	+5	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	5.16
30	-1	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	4.99
31	+6	Log Cabin Winery	Satsuma	4.12
32	+8	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	4.00
33	-9	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	3.44
34	+5	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	2.66
35	+3	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	2.52
36	-1	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	2.41
37	-14	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	2.33
38	-5	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	2.33
39	+4	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	2.08
40	+1	Beverage Operation Technology	Pompano Beach	0.00
41	-34	Naples Winemaking	Naples	0.00
42	-16	Grande Ridge Winery	Old Town	0.00
43	-1	Oak Haven Winery	Sorrento	0.00
44	-16	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	0.00
45	0	True Blue Winery	Davenport	0.00

Florida Wineries’ LTM Taxpaid Sales

Our next table shows taxpaid sales by each winery for the 12 months ending August 2014. Last twelve months (LTM) is a method of measuring and comparing performance without the impact of seasonal or monthly variances. There were no changes in the Top 10, and few changes throughout the rankings.

Last Twelve Months (LTM) Reported Taxpaid Sales by Florida Wineries
for the month of August 2014
Monthly Rank	Ranking Change	Winery	City	Sales (in cases)
1	0	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	6,741.05
2	0	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	4,890.42
3	0	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	4,497.90
4	0	Florida Winery	Madeira Beach	2,467.34
5	0	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	1,951.62
6	0	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	1,880.75
7	0	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	1,584.08
8	0	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	1,207.03
9	0	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	1,038.16
10	0	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	936.28
11	0	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	900.10
12	0	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	761.13
13	0	Copp Winery	Crystal River	727.66
14	0	Wine Making Pantry	Sarasota	564.29
15	0	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	551.76
16	+2	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	490.95
17	-1	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	490.75
18	-1	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	464.89
19	+1	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	403.32
20	-1	True Blue Winery	Davenport	402.84
21	0	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	350.75
22	+1	Southern Brewing & Winemaking	Tampa	313.24
23	-1	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	307.58
24	0	Naples Winemaking	Naples	242.02
25	0	Oak Haven Winery	Sorrento	239.80
26	0	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	232.28
27	+1	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	167.22
28	-1	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	155.37
29	0	Al Rite Fruits & Syrups	Miami	138.22
30	+1	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	93.41
31	-1	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	88.51
32	0	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	81.09
33	+1	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	65.48
34	-1	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	65.45
35	0	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	62.84
36	+2	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	47.90
37	0	Log Cabin Winery	Satsuma	45.38
38	+2	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	40.74
39	+2	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	39.26
40	-4	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	34.54
41	-2	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	29.14
42	0	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	27.79
43	0	Grande Ridge Winery	Old Town	21.88
44	0	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	9.50
45	0	Beverage Operation Technology	Pompano Beach	0.10

Florida Wineries’ LTM Growth in Taxpaid Sales

Our next table looks at the change in each wineries’ LTM taxpaid sales from last month. This provides an estimate of wineries’ growth rate from one month to the next, at least to the extent of taxpaid sales.

LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales Monthly Growth Rate for Florida Wineries
for the month of August 2014
Monthly Rank	Winery	City	Monthly Growth Rate
1	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	73%
2	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	21%
3	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	18%
4	Southern Brewing & Winemaking	Tampa	15%
5	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	13%
6	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	11%
7	Al Rite Fruits & Syrups	Miami	7%
8	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	4%
9	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	3%
10	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	3%
11	Copp Winery	Crystal River	3%
12	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	2%
13	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	2%
14	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	2%
15	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	2%
16	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	1%
17	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	1%
18	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	0%
19	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	0%
20	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	0%
21	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	0%
22	Beverage Operation Technology	Pompano Beach	0%
23	Naples Winemaking	Naples	0%
24	Grande Ridge Winery	Old Town	0%
25	Oak Haven Winery	Sorrento	0%
26	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	-1%
27	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	-1%
28	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	-1%
29	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	-2%
30	Wine Making Pantry	Sarasota	-3%
31	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	-3%
32	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	-3%
33	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	-3%
34	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	-4%
35	Florida Winery	Madeira Beach	-4%
36	True Blue Winery	Davenport	-5%
37	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	-6%
38	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	-8%
39	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	-10%
40	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	-10%
41	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	-14%
42	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	-14%
43	Log Cabin Winery	Satsuma	-19%
44	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	-22%
45	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	-43%

Florida Wineries With No Reported Activity

This table lists the Florida wineries that report not taxpaid activity during the last 12 months. Every month, a number of wineries report no activity, for a variety of reasons. This list typically includes new wineries that have yet to begin taxpaid sales and production-only wineries that have no taxpaid sales.

Florida Wineries with No Reported Retail Activity

through August 2014

Micanopy Winery

Fox Den Winery & Cellar

VL American Republics

De Luna Winery

Lakeridge Winery

Dakotah Winery

Rosa Fiorelli Winery

Sons & Daughters Farm

In the Mead Time

Strong Tower Vineyard

Panache Distillery

Florida Orange Groves Winery

St Petersburg Distillery Co.

Mizkan Americas

Florida Distillers Co.

Fiddler’s Ridge Farms

San Sebastian Winery

Catanias Winery

Chautauqua Vineyards & Winery

Notes About The Florida Wineries Report

- - - All beverage manufacturers holding a AMW (manufacturer or bottler of wine) or a BMCW (manufacturer of wines and cordials) are included in The Florida Wineries Report. This includes cideries, meaderies, vineyards, make-it-yourself wine shops, ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, and negociant winemakers. They’re all in The Florida Wineries Report, which makes direct comparisons a bit difficult.
    - This edition of The Florida Wineries Report reflects information about each winery’s reported taxpaid sales, as reflected on the ABT’s monthly wholesale reports for August 2014, the most recent information available. Taxpaid sales includes all activities for which the winery itself (rather than its distributor) is required to report and pay Florida’s alcoholic beverage tax.
    - Full production numbers (including retail sales and other production) are not publicly available for wineries. This means that these reports only reflect the wineries’ own tasting room sales and other taxpaid activities, and only if they are no reported by a distributor. We’re working with the ABT to get full production numbers. While the ABT does collect full production numbers, it does not compile the numbers the same way they do the retail sale numbers.
    - All volume numbers are expressed in cases. One case consisting of 12 750 ml bottles contains 2.38 gallons of wine.