Last week, Brown-Forman posted its latest quarterly figures, bringing the curtain down on the third-quarter results reporting season for 2025.The Jack Daniel's owner's -2% sales performance in the three months to the end of October landed almost exactly in the middle of the 17 companies in Global Drinks Intel's results coverage*. Despite this, the company sat among the majority in decline: Of the 15 publicly-listed alcohol brand owners, nine were down year-on-year in sales terms.* Australian Vintage and Treasury Wine Estates, which also feature in Global Drinks Intel's results coverage, do n
Alcohol brand owners in Q3 2025 – The winners and losers, so far – Category Intel
With the third quarter of 2025 firmly in the rearview mirror, Global Drinks Intel considers which listed alcohol brand owners in its results coverage led the pack in the three months to the end of September and which companies have ground to make up before the year is out.

Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.


