From tequila to whiskey, alcohol sales are on the rise

While bars and restaurants have been flattened by the pandemic, a core product poured at many of those places — alcohol, sold online — is on a towering sales tear.

One startling example: The U.S.-based ecommerce market for alcohol grew 80% in 2020, according to a report from IWSR Research, going from $3 billion to nearly $5.6 billion. The U.S. alcohol ecommerce market is expected to overtake China as the largest in the world by the end of 2021, the report adds.