Introducing the all-new Florida Wineries Report–monthly rankings and data tracking the growth of Florida’s winemaking industry.
Notes About this Edition of 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 June 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.
A handful of Florida wineries have reported no taxpaid sales during the last 12 months. There are many reasons why a Florida winery might report no taxpaid sales. Because we don’t have a basis for ranking these wineries, they are collected in the No Reported Activity table below.
Based on taxpaid sales, the Florida winemaking industry had positive annual growth at a rate of 1.54% in June 2014.
Florida Wineries Monthly Taxpaid Sales
We start out with each Florida winery’s taxpaid sales volume for the month of June 2014. All volume numbers are expressed in cases. One case consisting of 12 750 ml bottles contains 2.38 gallons of wine.
Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales by Florida Wineries
for the month of June 2014
Monthly Rank
Ranking Change
Winery
City
Sales (in cases)
1
+1
Florida Winery
Madeira Beach
524.05
2
+1
Seabreeze Winery
Panama City Beach
378.57
3
+1
Keel & Curley Winery
Plant City
375.16
4
-3
Schnebly Redland’s Winery
Homestead
192.80
5
0
Quantum Leap Winery
Orlando
151.89
6
0
Aspirations Winery
Clearwater
104.37
7
+2
Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery
Duette
88.49
8
-1
Island Grove Wine Co.
Hawthorne
87.49
9
+1
Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery
Ft Pierce
79.92
10
+12
True Blue Winery
Davenport
77.92
11
0
Copp Winery
Crystal River
69.43
12
+9
Florida Estates Winery
Land O’Lakes
60.12
13
+2
Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider
Cape Canaveral
51.86
14
+5
Three Oaks Winery
Vernon
50.47
15
-1
Bluefield Estate Winery
Gainesville
44.71
16
+1
Henscratch Farms
Lake Placid
42.95
17
-9
Flagler Beachfront Winery
Flagler Beach
37.96
18
-2
Murielle Winery
Clearwater
34.90
19
+5
Wine Making Pantry
Sarasota
32.82
20
-7
Tarpon Springs Castle Winery
Tarpon Springs
31.97
21
+4
Southshore Uncorked
Apollo Beach
30.55
22
+4
Royal Manor Meadery & Winery
Interlachen
23.19
23
0
Southern Brewing & Winemaking
Tampa
22.27
24
-12
Tangled Oaks Vineyard
Grandin
21.63
25
+16
Brookstone Wines
Brooksville
14.97
26
-6
Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq
Sarasota
11.16
27
+2
Time to Make Wine
Fort Myers
9.68
28
+2
D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine
Winter Springs
9.49
29
+3
Monticello Vineyards & Winery
Monticello
9.07
30
+16
Two Lions Winery
Dunedin
7.74
31
-4
Al Rite Fruits & Syrups
Miami
6.88
32
+13
Beer & Winemakers Pantry
Pinellas Park
6.00
33
+1
Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies
Brandon
5.04
34
-1
Hutchinson Farm Winery
Apopka
5.00
35
-4
Corkscrew Winery
Ocala
4.62
36
-1
Log Cabin Winery
Satsuma
3.87
37
-1
Old Oaks Vineyard
Bonifay
2.50
38
-10
Florida Distillers Co.
Winter Haven
2.00
39
-2
Mango Bottling
Cocoa
0.00
40
-2
Beverage Operation Technology
Pompano Beach
0.00
41
-23
Gilded Grape Winery
Port Charlotte
0.00
42
-3
Naples Winemaking
Naples
0.00
43
-3
Grande Ridge Winery
Old Town
0.00
44
-2
Oak Haven Winery
Sorrento
0.00
45
-2
Cosy Wine Corner
Bonita Springs
0.00
46
-2
Yellow River Vineyard
Holt
0.00
Florida Wineries’ LTM Taxpaid Sales
Our next table shows taxpaid sales by each winery for the 12 months ending June 2014. Last twelve months (LTM) is a method of measuring and comparing performance without the impact of seasonal or monthly variances.
Last Twelve Months (LTM) Reported Taxpaid Sales by Florida Wineries
for the month of June 2014
Monthly Rank
Ranking Change
Winery
City
Sales (in cases)
1
0
Keel & Curley Winery
Plant City
7,104.42
2
0
Schnebly Redland’s Winery
Homestead
4,998.81
3
0
Seabreeze Winery
Panama City Beach
4,472.69
4
0
Florida Winery
Madeira Beach
3,007.87
5
0
Island Grove Wine Co.
Hawthorne
1,854.65
6
0
Aspirations Winery
Clearwater
1,789.95
7
0
Quantum Leap Winery
Orlando
1,555.94
8
+1
Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery
Duette
1,145.91
9
+1
Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery
Ft Pierce
1,044.66
10
-2
Murielle Winery
Clearwater
1,028.63
11
0
Henscratch Farms
Lake Placid
930.06
12
0
Flagler Beachfront Winery
Flagler Beach
748.73
13
0
Copp Winery
Crystal River
715.60
14
0
Wine Making Pantry
Sarasota
572.73
15
0
Tarpon Springs Castle Winery
Tarpon Springs
569.76
16
0
Royal Manor Meadery & Winery
Interlachen
559.83
17
0
Florida Estates Winery
Land O’Lakes
470.55
18
+2
True Blue Winery
Davenport
432.31
19
-1
Three Oaks Winery
Vernon
418.00
20
+3
Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider
Cape Canaveral
386.92
21
-2
Bluefield Estate Winery
Gainesville
385.42
22
-1
Tangled Oaks Vineyard
Grandin
372.40
23
-1
Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq
Sarasota
320.13
24
0
Oak Haven Winery
Sorrento
239.80
25
0
Southern Brewing & Winemaking
Tampa
234.24
26
0
Florida Distillers Co.
Winter Haven
198.50
27
0
Brookstone Wines
Brooksville
182.19
28
0
Gilded Grape Winery
Port Charlotte
170.95
29
0
Al Rite Fruits & Syrups
Miami
139.53
30
0
Naples Winemaking
Naples
121.01
31
0
D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine
Winter Springs
106.19
32
0
Two Lions Winery
Dunedin
99.05
33
+1
Time to Make Wine
Fort Myers
92.68
34
-1
Corkscrew Winery
Ocala
82.77
35
0
Log Cabin Winery
Satsuma
66.30
36
+1
Monticello Vineyards & Winery
Monticello
65.47
37
-1
Cosy Wine Corner
Bonita Springs
61.58
38
0
Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies
Brandon
52.94
39
+4
Southshore Uncorked
Apollo Beach
44.54
40
-1
Beer & Winemakers Pantry
Pinellas Park
33.26
41
0
Yellow River Vineyard
Holt
28.64
42
-2
Old Oaks Vineyard
Bonifay
28.54
43
-1
Grande Ridge Winery
Old Town
12.90
44
+1
Hutchinson Farm Winery
Apopka
8.03
45
-1
Mango Bottling
Cocoa
6.00
46
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. Typically, new operations that are still ramping up top this list.
LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales Monthly Growth Rate for Florida Wineries
for the month of June 2014
Monthly Rank
Winery
City
Monthly Growth Rate
1
Southshore Uncorked
Apollo Beach
218%
2
Hutchinson Farm Winery
Apopka
165%
3
True Blue Winery
Davenport
17%
4
Time to Make Wine
Fort Myers
12%
5
Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider
Cape Canaveral
11%
6
Florida Winery
Madeira Beach
11%
7
Southern Brewing & Winemaking
Tampa
11%
8
Two Lions Winery
Dunedin
8%
9
Monticello Vineyards & Winery
Monticello
8%
10
Beer & Winemakers Pantry
Pinellas Park
6%
11
D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine
Winter Springs
5%
12
Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies
Brandon
5%
13
Quantum Leap Winery
Orlando
4%
14
Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery
Duette
3%
15
Three Oaks Winery
Vernon
3%
16
Florida Estates Winery
Land O’Lakes
3%
17
Keel & Curley Winery
Plant City
2%
18
Brookstone Wines
Brooksville
1%
19
Island Grove Wine Co.
Hawthorne
1%
20
Log Cabin Winery
Satsuma
1%
21
Tangled Oaks Vineyard
Grandin
1%
22
Florida Distillers Co.
Winter Haven
1%
23
Schnebly Redland’s Winery
Homestead
1%
24
Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery
Ft Pierce
0%
25
Henscratch Farms
Lake Placid
0%
26
Mango Bottling
Cocoa
0%
27
Beverage Operation Technology
Pompano Beach
0%
28
Naples Winemaking
Naples
0%
29
Oak Haven Winery
Sorrento
0%
30
Yellow River Vineyard
Holt
0%
31
Flagler Beachfront Winery
Flagler Beach
0%
32
Seabreeze Winery
Panama City Beach
0%
33
Royal Manor Meadery & Winery
Interlachen
0%
34
Copp Winery
Crystal River
-1%
35
Aspirations Winery
Clearwater
-2%
36
Tarpon Springs Castle Winery
Tarpon Springs
-2%
37
Old Oaks Vineyard
Bonifay
-2%
38
Corkscrew Winery
Ocala
-2%
39
Wine Making Pantry
Sarasota
-3%
40
Bluefield Estate Winery
Gainesville
-4%
41
Cosy Wine Corner
Bonita Springs
-4%
42
Gilded Grape Winery
Port Charlotte
-4%
43
Al Rite Fruits & Syrups
Miami
-7%
44
Murielle Winery
Clearwater
-9%
45
Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq
Sarasota
-10%
46
Grande Ridge Winery
Old Town
-13%
Florida Wineries With No Reported Activity
This table lists the Florida wineries that report not taxpaid activity during the last 12 months. This list typically includes new wineries that have yet to begin taxpaid sales and production-only wineries that have no taxpaid sales, but there are a number of reasons why a winery might be on this list.
Florida Wineries with No Reported Retail Activity
through June 2014
Micanopy Winery
Fox Den Winery & Cellar
VL American Republics
Lakeridge Winery
Dakotah Winery
Rosa Fiorelli Winery
Sons & Daughters Farm
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
Emerald Coast Winery
The Florida Wineries Report is intended to be a tool to further the growth and maturity of Florida’s winemaking industry. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you. Leave a Reply or send an email to wine(at)brewerlong.com
