(WB) - Wine sales and shipments in January remained steady, but growth was muted in the traditionally slower, post-holiday season according to the Wine Industry Metrics available in the latest Wine Analytics Report.

The report, which released to subscribers on Feb. 15, also included an overview of mergers and acquisitions activity in the wine industry, data on young wine consumers and potential opportunities in the changing U.S. wine market.

All of the metrics that first appeared in the pages of Wines & Vines magazine and winesandvines.com are now published in the new report accessible to subscribers at wineanalyticsreport.com.

According to partner research firm bw166, U.S. wine sales in January totaled $3.2 billion and sales in the past 12 months of just U.S. wine approached $48 billion. Sales of all wine in the U.S. increased by 4% to nearly $71 billion.