Vodka as soon as dominated spirits gross sales in america by a huge margin. Nonetheless, the clear spirit has seen gross sales slip as trending spirits like tequila and American whiskey proceed to win over American palates. Regardless of the struggles plaguing the class, a number of manufacturers have retained international success.
In keeping with latest knowledge from The Spirits Enterprise’s annual Model Champions report, Smirnoff stays the world’s top-selling vodka model, with a whopping 26 million 9-liter circumstances bought in 2023 — a 7.7 p.c fall year-over-year. It was an analogous story for different main manufacturers, like No. 2 vendor Absolut, which skilled an 8.1 p.c gross sales lower at 11.9 million circumstances. For the third hottest model, Źubrówka, case gross sales fell under 10 million for the primary time since 2019, with simply 9.5 million bought in 2023.
Whereas the world’s largest vodka manufacturers could have skilled latest hardship, smaller manufacturers reported double-digit will increase, like Ukrainian model Nemiroff. It skilled a 57.2 p.c drop in gross sales following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine however rebounded final yr with case gross sales rising from 2.4 million in 2022 to three.4 million in 2023 — a 41.7 p.c improve. Belaya Berezka additionally noticed its gross sales figures swell with a 46.3 p.c improve, whereas manufacturers Magic Moments, Inexperienced Mark, and Talka noticed gross sales broaden by 29.2 p.c, 18.4 p.c, and 16.7 p.c, respectively.
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The 20 Most Fashionable Vodka Manufacturers within the World:
(gross sales by hundreds of thousands of nine-liter circumstances)
- Smirnoff (26.0)
- Absolut (11.9)
- Źubrówka (9.5)
- Magic Moments (6.2)
- Arkhangelskaya (4.4)
- Źoładkowa (together with Gorzka) (4.4)
- Gray Goose (4.2)
- Soplica (4.2)
- Pyat Ozer (4.2)
- Nemiroff (3.4)
- Belenkaya (3.4)
- Skyy (3.3)
- Talka (3.2)
- Ketel One (3.0)
- Finlandia (2.6)
- Russian Commonplace (2.6)
- Wodka Gorbatschow (2.4)
- Tsarskaya/Imperial Assortment Gold (2.3)
- Inexperienced Mark (2.3)
- Belaya Berezka Vodka (2.0)
*Picture retrieved from monticellllo through inventory.adobe.com
