Wine in The Philippines: Euromonitor International September 2020
Wine in The Philippines: Euromonitor International September 2020
Wine in The Philippines: Euromonitor International September 2020
Euromonitor International
September 2020
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PRE-COVID-19 PERFORMANCE
Wine benefiting from rising incomes and greater awareness in 2019
The Philippines saw its middle class expand during the review period with standards of living
improving and consumers increasingly looking for new things to spend their money on. Wine is
seen as the perfect accompaniment to special occasions and celebrations and this helped sales
to record strong growth across the review period and in 2019. Added to this, awareness and
education around wine has improved thanks to the increasing number of consumers who are
able to travel and sample different wine varieties abroad, with this encouraging them to try and
replicate their experiences at home. Players such as Moët Hennessy Philippines and Premiere
Wine & Spirits have also held masterclasses to try and encourage uptake, while Bel Mondo
Italia Corp runs aggressive sampling campaigns in key retail channels to help familiarise
consumers. Despite growing interest and awareness in wine, still red wine and still white wine
continued to account for most volume sales in 2019. This was largely down to the significantly
lower price of these products, but also their wider availability.
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Bel Mondo Italia Corp builds on lead thanks to its affordable wine and successful marketing
campaigns
Recognising the potential of wine in the Philippines leading player Bel Mondo Italia Corp
successfully utilised above-the-line and below-the-line marketing to engage consumers and
drive sales. A key target of these activities was the country’s large base of young adults and
millennials, with the company using social media to help reach this demographic. Engaging
content such as its ‘How to Not Date’ and ‘Which Wine is it Anyway’ campaigns, which ran at
the end of 2019, have helped to raise the profile of its Novellino brand as well as making wine
more accessible. By simplifying the wine selection process through short education videos the
company has been able to expand its audience, while the affordable pricing for its still red and
still white wine has also helped it to grow. Nevertheless, despite the impressive growth seen by
Novellino, international brands such as Franzia, Carlo Rossi, and Beringer have also benefited
from targeting younger adults and millennials, with social media seen as an affordable and
effective means of marketing. In terms of distribution, companies are increasingly targeting shelf
space in supermarkets and hypermarkets. However, the on-trade also remains important with
this seen as the place where players can reach new consumers, with social drinking also being
a key part of Filipino culture.
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levels by 2022 with further growth expected in the latter years of the forecast period. Key to
growth will be the reopening of bars and restaurants, with the on-trade channel seen as
important in raising awareness and education around wine. Still white and still red wine are likely
to carry the weight of sales with sales of more expensive wines likely to take longer to recover
due to economic uncertainty. Although wine is likely to face challenges over the forecast period,
not least the economic situation, the country’s large base of young adults puts it in a strong
position to recover and to build on the successes seen prior to COVID-19.
CATEGORY DATA
Table 1 Sales of Wine by Category: Total Volume 2014-2019
million litres
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
PHP million
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
million litres
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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PHP million
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
% volume growth
2018/19 2014-19 CAGR 2014/19 Total
Table 9 Sales of Still Red Wine by Price Segment: % Off-trade Volume 2014-2019
% off-trade
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Table 10 Sales of Still Rosé Wine by Price Segment: % Off-trade Volume 2014-2019
% off-trade
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 11 Sales of Still White Wine by Price Segment: % Off-trade Volume 2014-2019
% off-trade
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 12 Sales of Other Sparkling Wine by Price Segment: % Off-trade Volume 2014-
2019
% off-trade
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 13 GBO Company Shares of Still Light Grape Wine: % Total Volume 2015-2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Table 14 NBO Company Shares of Still Light Grape Wine: % Total Volume 2015-2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 15 LBN Brand Shares of Still Light Grape Wine: % Total Volume 2016-2019
% total volume
Brand (Global Brand Company 2016 2017 2018 2019
Owner)
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% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
% total volume
Brand (Global Brand Company 2016 2017 2018 2019
Owner)
Moët & Chandon Moët Hennessy Philippines 42.9 45.2 47.1 48.3
(LVMH Moët Hennessy
Louis Vuitton SA)
Dom Pérignon (LVMH Moët Hennessy Philippines 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.8
Moët Hennessy Louis
Vuitton SA)
Veuve Clicquot Moët Hennessy Philippines 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.6
(LVMH Moët Hennessy
Louis Vuitton SA)
Others Others 42.3 39.9 38.2 37.3
Total Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
Table 19 GBO Company Shares of Other Sparkling Wine: % Total Volume 2015-2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Table 20 NBO Company Shares of Other Sparkling Wine: % Total Volume 2015-2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 21 LBN Brand Shares of Other Sparkling Wine: % Total Volume 2016-2019
% total volume
Brand (Global Brand Company 2016 2017 2018 2019
Owner)
Table 22 GBO Company Shares of Fortified Wine and Vermouth: % Total Volume 2015-
2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Table 23 NBO Company Shares of Fortified Wine and Vermouth: % Total Volume 2015-
2019
% total volume
Company 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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International Inc
Philippine Wine 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Merchants Inc
Others 73.7 73.5 73.4 74.1 75.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
Table 24 LBN Brand Shares of Fortified Wine and Vermouth: % Total Volume 2016-2019
% total volume
Brand (Global Brand Company 2016 2017 2018 2019
Owner)
million litres
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PHP million
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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- Port - - - - - -
- Sherry - - - - - -
- Vermouth 78.5 62.8 67.1 71.7 73.7 74.6
- Other Fortified Wine 5.6 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.7 6.0
Non-Grape Wine 168.6 135.8 149.2 167.3 181.6 194.0
- Sake 168.6 135.8 149.2 167.3 181.6 194.0
Sparkling Wine 807.9 677.4 710.1 777.0 838.4 900.8
- Champagne 333.9 258.8 287.4 317.2 344.5 372.1
- Other Sparkling Wine 474.0 418.6 422.7 459.8 493.9 528.7
Still Light Grape Wine 15,773.1 14,092.3 14,679.8 16,287.2 17,963.8 19,642.4
- Still Red Wine 13,166.3 11,731.9 12,226.8 13,543.6 14,932.5 16,338.9
- Still Rosé Wine 82.0 69.7 74.4 81.3 88.0 93.7
- Still White Wine 2,524.8 2,290.8 2,378.7 2,662.3 2,943.2 3,209.8
Wine 16,833.7 14,972.6 15,611.0 17,308.6 19,063.1 20,817.8
Source: Euromonitor International from trade associations, trade press, company research, trade interviews,
trade sources
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