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Best Wine Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top wine stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best wine stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best alcohol stocks to buy right now are:

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) is the #1 top wine stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Diageo (NYSE:DEO) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -6 points lower than the wine industry average of 23.

DEO passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Diageo has seen its stock lose -5.46% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 56 percentage points.

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) is the #2 top wine stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 25 points higher than the wine industry average of 23.

STZ passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Constellation Brands has seen its stock lose -10.17% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 52 percentage points.

Constellation Brands has an average 1 year price target of $151.05, an upside of 18.88% from Constellation Brands's current stock price of $127.06.

Constellation Brands stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 19 analysts covering Constellation Brands, 31.58% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 21.05% have issued a Buy, 36.84% have issued a hold, while 10.53% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) is the #3 top wine stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) is: Value: C, Growth: F, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 22 points higher than the wine industry average of 23.

BF.B passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Brown Forman has seen its stock return 1.34% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 63 percentage points.

Brown Forman has an average 1 year price target of $27.00, a downside of -1.06% from Brown Forman's current stock price of $27.29.

Brown Forman stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Brown Forman, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 12.5% have issued a Sell rating, and 12.5% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 4 wine stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 wine stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.63%, which is the same as the wine industry average of 3.38%. Diageo's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Diageo's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Diageo's dividend payout ratio of 77.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) has an annual dividend yield of 3.39%, which is the same as the wine industry average of 3.38%. Brown Forman's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Brown Forman's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brown Forman's dividend payout ratio of 59.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.29%, which is the same as the wine industry average of 3.38%. Mgp Ingredients's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Mgp Ingredients's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mgp Ingredients's dividend payout ratio of -4.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Wine stocks were up 1.41% in the last day, and up 7.69% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why wine stocks are up.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued wine stocks right now are:

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) is the most undervalued wine stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Constellation Brands has a valuation score of 43, which is 27 points higher than the wine industry average of 16. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Constellation Brands's stock has dropped -10.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 52 percentage points.

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) is the second most undervalued wine stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Diageo has a valuation score of 14, which is -2 points higher than the wine industry average of 16. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Diageo's stock has dropped -5.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 56 percentage points.

Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) is the third most undervalued wine stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mgp Ingredients has a valuation score of 43, which is 27 points higher than the wine industry average of 16. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mgp Ingredients's stock has dropped -38.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 23 percentage points.

50% of wine stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect wine stocks to rise by 20.11% over the next year.

0% of wine stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of wine stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 33.33% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).