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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 +32.52% 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:

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) is the #1 top wine stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 9 points higher than the wine industry average of 24.

BF.B passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Brown Forman has seen its stock lose -17.87% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 37 percentage points.

Brown Forman has an average 1 year price target of $28.86, an upside of 1.61% from Brown Forman's current stock price of $28.40.

Brown Forman stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Brown Forman, 14.29% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 85.71% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Sndl (NASDAQ:SNDL) is the #2 top wine stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Sndl (NASDAQ:SNDL) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sndl (NASDAQ:SNDL) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 10 points higher than the wine industry average of 24.

SNDL passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Sndl has seen its stock return 7.75% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 63 percentage points.

Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) is the #3 top wine stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is -5 points lower than the wine industry average of 24.

MGPI passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Mgp Ingredients has seen its stock lose -28.91% over the past year, overperforming other wine stocks by 26 percentage points.

Mgp Ingredients has an average 1 year price target of $28.75, an upside of 42.4% from Mgp Ingredients's current stock price of $20.19.

Mgp Ingredients stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Mgp Ingredients, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% 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 4.13%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the wine industry average of 2.91%. Diageo's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten 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 72.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brown Forman (NYSE:BF.B) has an annual dividend yield of 3.23%, which is the same as the wine industry average of 2.91%. 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 53% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mgp Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.38%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the wine industry average of 2.91%. 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 -9.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Wine stocks were down -0.54% in the last day, and down -1.54% over the last week. Sndl was the among the top losers in the beverages - wineries & distilleries industry, dropping -7.83% yesterday.

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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 C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Constellation Brands has a valuation score of 14, which is 1 points higher than the wine industry average of 13. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Constellation Brands's stock has dropped -14.93% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 40 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 29, which is 16 points higher than the wine industry average of 13. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Diageo's stock has dropped -28.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 26 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 14, which is 1 points higher than the wine industry average of 13. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mgp Ingredients's stock has dropped -28.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the wine industry by 26 percentage points.

60% of wine stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect wine stocks to rise by 86.87% over the next year.

0% of wine stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of wine stocks are rated B (Buy), 75% are rated C (Hold), 25% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).