Top 10 Best-Selling Wines in the World
10. Great Wall Wine (Worldwide Sales: 7.6m)
Wiki Info: Founded in 1983, Great Wall is a subsidiary of the state-owned China Foods Limited Company. The headquarters is located at the foot of the Great Wall of China, next to the Great Wall. The company has 74.8 hectares of vineyards, mainly in Shandong Province, where more than 10 different grape varieties are grown.
9. Beringer Wine (Worldwide Sales: 7.6m)
Wiki Info: It was founded in 1888 by two New York brothers, William and Ralph Foster, who owned a refrigeration plant in Melbourne. Cooling was usually necessary to brew and store lagers that were acceptable to Australia’s hot climate, unlike the British dark hales brewed at the time. They sold the brewery the following year and returned to the United States.
8. Hardys Wine (Global Sales: 9m)
Wiki Info: Pioneer Founder Thomas Hardy says he has a vision that “will be valued in the global marketplace”. Now, 160 years later, this vision has come true with an ever-expanding range of wines.
7. Robert Mondavi Wine (Global Sales: 9.1m)
Wiki Info: Robert Gerald Mondavi was a California vineyard operator and gained global recognition through his marketing strategies and technical improvements to California’s Napa Valley wines. From his early days, Mondavi actively promoted wine labeling by varietal rather than generally.
6. Sutter Home Wine (Global Sales: 9.2m)
Wiki Info: Sutter Home Winery is one of the largest family-run independent wineries in the United States and is known as the birthplace of White Zinfandel. It is located in St Helena, California. It is owned by Trinchero Family Estates and sells wine under 20 different labels, including Newman’s Own and Folie à Deux.
5. Yellow Tail Wine (Global Sales: 9.6m)
Wiki Info: Yellow Tail is a new wine brand and it was an opportunity for the family winery to enter the bottled wine market. It had previously supplied bulk wines to other wineries. Yellow Tail was developed in 2000 and originally sold to exporting countries, and by 2003 it was one of the imported wines to the United States. At that time, the family-owned winery was enlarged ten times its original size.
4. Changyu Wine (Global Sales: 9.8m)
Wiki Info: Changyu was founded in 1892 in Yantai City, Shandong Province, by Chang Bishi, a modern-day Chinese Overseas Chinese leader, revealing the era of Chinese wine in industrialized production. Even after 125 years of development, Changyu has become the largest wine producer and operator in China, even in Asia, and an international wine brand operator with internationally renowned brands.
3. Gallo Wine (Global Sales: 15m)
Wiki Info: The two brothers started the winery in 1933 after repealing a ban on growing and selling viticulture for years. Ernest and Julio competed against large and established companies, including more than 800 wine companies established in California, in the first years after the prohibition violations were repealed.
2. Concha Y Toro Wine (Global Sales: 16.3m)
Wiki Info: Concha y Toro is the largest wine producer in Latin America and one of the global leaders in its field. It is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Concha y Toro Winery is located in Chile. It covers 8.720 hectares, spanning the main wine regions of Chile: Maipo, Maule, Rapel, Colchagua, Curico and Casablanca.
1. Barefoot Wine (Worldwide Sales: 22.5m)
Wiki Info: Barefoot Wine was introduced in 1986 by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey. Barefoot’s brand slogan is “Barefoot and the Great Time”. Barefoot winemaker Jennifer Wall says Ginpoundell, Shiraz, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, White Ginferdel, Moscato, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonna to name just a few.