For the second time in three decades, Pennsylvania’s wine and spirit sales have dropped.

Total sales for the 2024-25 fiscal year in the state totaled $3.16 billion, down by about $21 million or 0.6% compared to the previous year, according to a recent report released by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

The agency said net income for the year totaled $135.2 million, about $106.9 million or 44.2% less than the previous year.

The fiscal year ran from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

PLCB Spokesman Shawn Kelly said the last time the agency experienced a sales drop was in 2019-20 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales in that fiscal year totaled $2.56 billion, about $110.9 million l ess than the prior year.

Before that, the agency noted a decline in the 1993-94 fiscal year, he sai

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