The Florida Wineries Report – October 2014

Taxpaid sales by Florida wineries lost ground in October 2014.

Monthly Hightlights

One new winery is included in this edition of The Florida Wineries Report: The Hidden Vine in West Palm Beach.
In October 2014, the total number of reporting wineries stands at 69. Of that number, 38 reported taxpaid sales for the month.
Month-to-month taxpaid sales were down 1.8% in October 2014. Total taxpaid sales during the rolling last-twelve-months (LTM) decreased 0.91%

Florida Wineries Monthly Taxpaid Sales

We start out with each Florida winery’s taxpaid sales volume for the month of October 2014.

Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales by Florida Wineries
for the month of October 2014
Monthly Rank	Ranking Change	Winery	City	Sales (in cases)
1	+1	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	433.71
2	-1	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	389.92
3	0	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	347.58
4	+3	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	194.27
5	+7	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	173.02
6	+4	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	102.33
7	-2	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	92.44
8	+13	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	89.13
9	0	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	79.83
10	-2	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	74.42
11	+13	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	67.91
12	-6	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	66.16
13	+9	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	51.60
14	+34	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	51.18
15	+8	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	42.63
16	-3	Copp Winery	Crystal River	40.63
17	+2	Three Oaks Winery	Vernon	35.80
18	-7	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	34.29
19	+42	True Blue Winery	Davenport	33.96
20	+34	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	30.52
21	+30	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	29.13
22	-5	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	23.97
23	-5	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	21.40
24	+11	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	18.98
25	+3	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	13.68
26	+36	Fiddler’s Ridge Farms	Lake Wales	11.74
27	+5	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	11.65
28	-13	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	10.99
29	-3	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	9.66
30	-5	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	7.43
31	+13	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	5.04
32	-2	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	4.99
33	-2	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	4.74
34	-5	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	4.00
35	-8	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	2.50
36	-16	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	2.08
37	-1	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	2.00
38	-4	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	1.08

Florida Wineries’ LTM Taxpaid Sales

Our next table shows taxpaid sales by each winery for the 12 months ending October 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 October 2014
Monthly Rank	Ranking Change	Winery	City	Sales (in cases)
1	0	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	6,428.16
2	0	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	5,151.68
3	0	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	4,790.96
4	0	Florida Winery	Madeira Beach	2,626.87
5	+1	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	1,798.76
6	-1	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	1,734.30
7	0	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	1,638.38
8	0	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	1,225.42
9	0	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	1,025.17
10	0	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	915.08
11	+1	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	850.38
12	-1	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	817.45
13	0	Copp Winery	Crystal River	739.65
14	+2	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	681.82
15	0	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	554.96
16	-2	Wine Making Pantry	Sarasota	509.14
17	0	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	490.33
18	0	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	423.81
19	+1	True Blue Winery	Davenport	410.82
20	+1	Three Oaks Winery	Vernon	389.90
21	+1	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	386.38
22	-3	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	385.34
23	0	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	331.55
24	0	Southern Brewing & Winemaking	Tampa	303.99
25	0	Naples Winemaking	Naples	242.02
26	+1	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	207.98
27	+1	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	154.74
28	-2	Oak Haven Winery	Sorrento	141.92
29	0	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	136.57
30	0	Al Rite Fruits & Syrups	Miami	109.35
31	+1	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	105.56
32	-1	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	101.49
33	+1	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	86.12
34	-1	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	82.35
35	+6	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	81.39
36	-1	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	72.25
37	-1	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	62.45
38	+4	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	58.27
39	-2	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	56.08
40	-2	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	42.86
41	-1	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	38.00
42	-3	Log Cabin Winery	Satsuma	29.24
43	0	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	23.79
44	0	Grande Ridge Winery	Old Town	21.88
45	0	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	12.50
46	+17	Fiddler’s Ridge Farms	Lake Wales	11.74
47	-1	Beverage Operation Technology	Pompano Beach	0.10
48	-1	Micanopy Winery	Micanopy	0.00
49	-1	Fox Den Winery & Cellar	Inverness	0.00
50	-1	VL American Republics	Hialeah	0.00
51	-1	De Luna Winery	Pensacola	0.00
52	-1	Wine Stream	Tampa	0.00
53	-1	Lakeridge Winery	Clermont	0.00
54	-1	Dakotah Winery	Chiefland	0.00
55	-1	Rosa Fiorelli Winery	Bradenton	0.00
56	-1	Sons & Daughters Farm	Lake Worth	0.00
57	-1	In the Mead Time	West Palm Beach	0.00
58	-1	Strong Tower Vineyard	Spring Hill	0.00
59	-1	Panache Distillery	New Port Richey	0.00
60	-1	Florida Orange Groves Winery	Pasadena	0.00
61	-1	St Petersburg Distillery Co.	St Petersburg	0.00
62	-1	Mizkan Americas	Lake Alfred	0.00
63	-1	Florida Distillers Co.	Auburndale	0.00
64	0	San Sebastian Winery	St Augustine	0.00
65	0	Catanias Winery	Englewood	0.00
66	0	Whispering Oaks Winery	Oxford	0.00
67	0	Chautauqua Vineyards & Winery	Defuniak Springs	0.00
68	0	Emerald Coast Winery	Miramar Beach	0.00
69	NR	The Hidden Vine	West Palm Beach	0.00

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 October 2014
Monthly Rank	Ranking Change	Winery	City	Monthly Growth Rate
1	+40	Cosy Wine Corner	Bonita Springs	136%
2	+40	Yellow River Vineyard	Holt	100%
3	+13	Kelley’s Traditional Irish Cider	Cape Canaveral	30%
4	+41	Mango Bottling	Cocoa	19%
5	+29	Time to Make Wine	Fort Myers	19%
6	+31	Hutchinson Farm Winery	Apopka	15%
7	+25	D’vine Wine Your Place or Mine	Winter Springs	15%
8	+19	Florida Distillers Co.	Winter Haven	13%
9	+13	Tangled Oaks Vineyard	Grandin	10%
10	+25	Southshore Uncorked	Apollo Beach	7%
11	+9	True Blue Winery	Davenport	5%
12	0	Flagler Beachfront Winery	Flagler Beach	4%
13	-3	Henscratch Farms	Lake Placid	3%
14	+1	Royal Manor Meadery & Winery	Interlachen	3%
15	-8	Quantum Leap Winery	Orlando	2%
16	-14	Seabreeze Winery	Panama City Beach	2%
17	-4	Copp Winery	Crystal River	2%
18	+3	Three Oaks Winery	Vernon	1%
19	+14	Corkscrew Winery	Ocala	1%
20	-12	Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery	Duette	0%
21	+26	Micanopy Winery	Micanopy	0%
22	+24	Beverage Operation Technology	Pompano Beach	0%
23	+25	Fox Den Winery & Cellar	Inverness	0%
24	+1	Naples Winemaking	Naples	0%
25	+24	VL American Republics	Hialeah	0%
26	+18	Grande Ridge Winery	Old Town	0%
27	+23	De Luna Winery	Pensacola	0%
28	+10	Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies	Brandon	0%
29	+22	Wine Stream	Tampa	0%
30	+22	Lakeridge Winery	Clermont	0%
31	+22	Dakotah Winery	Chiefland	0%
32	+22	Rosa Fiorelli Winery	Bradenton	0%
33	+22	Sons & Daughters Farm	Lake Worth	0%
34	+22	In the Mead Time	West Palm Beach	0%
35	+22	Strong Tower Vineyard	Spring Hill	0%
36	+22	Panache Distillery	New Port Richey	0%
37	+22	Florida Orange Groves Winery	Pasadena	0%
38	+2	Beer & Winemakers Pantry	Pinellas Park	0%
39	-35	Florida Winery	Madeira Beach	0%
40	+20	St Petersburg Distillery Co.	St Petersburg	0%
41	+20	Mizkan Americas	Lake Alfred	0%
42	+20	Florida Distillers Co.	Auburndale	0%
43	+20	Fiddler’s Ridge Farms	Lake Wales	0%
44	+20	San Sebastian Winery	St Augustine	0%
45	+20	Catanias Winery	Englewood	0%
46	+20	Whispering Oaks Winery	Oxford	0%
47	+20	Chautauqua Vineyards & Winery	Defuniak Springs	0%
48	+20	Emerald Coast Winery	Miramar Beach	0%
49	NR	The Hidden Vine	West Palm Beach	0%
50	-41	Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery	Ft Pierce	0%
51	-28	Redi-2-Drinq Shotpaq	Sarasota	-1%
52	-49	Schnebly Redland’s Winery	Homestead	-1%
53	-47	Aspirations Winery	Clearwater	-1%
54	-26	Brookstone Wines	Brooksville	-2%
55	-19	Monticello vineyards & Winery	Monticello	-2%
56	-37	Bluefield Estate Winery	Gainesville	-3%
57	-39	Florida Estates Winery	Land O’Lakes	-3%
58	-57	Keel & Curley Winery	Plant City	-4%
59	-35	Southern Brewing & Winemaking	Tampa	-4%
60	-31	Gilded Grape Winery	Port Charlotte	-5%
61	-44	Tarpon Springs Castle Winery	Tarpon Springs	-6%
62	-51	Murielle Winery	Clearwater	-7%
63	-32	Two Lions Winery	Dunedin	-7%
64	-50	Wine Making Pantry	Sarasota	-9%
65	-60	Island Grove Wine Co.	Hawthorne	-12%
66	-36	Al Rite Fruits & Syrups	Miami	-15%
67	-24	Old Oaks Vineyard	Bonifay	-17%
68	-29	Log Cabin Winery	Satsuma	-28%
69	-43	Oak Haven Winery	Sorrento	-41%

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 October 2014

Micanopy Winery

Fox Den Winery & Cellar

VL American Republics

De Luna Winery

Wine Stream

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.

San Sebastian Winery

Catanias Winery

Whispering Oaks Winery

Chautauqua Vineyards & Winery

Emerald Coast Winery

The Hidden Vine

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 October 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.