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SEAGLASS-V01-2026-06-18 // VISUALIZATION HUB

Five views into a white wine that's growing without a clear reason to choose it

SEAGLASS is a California Central Coast white, led by Sauvignon Blanc, that sells around $13 to $15 and gains while most of US wine falls. It makes real Santa Barbara County wine, earns a "Best Buy," and sells a de-alcoholized version of its own white. It says none of that. There's room for a rebrand to work, and here's where.

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K cases · +1.2% (2024)
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SBPI composite
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unclaimed positions
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brands scored
62–68
post-rebrand reach
VIEW 01
The Brand Map
SEAGLASS and the wines it actually competes with, in the white-wine category. Kim Crawford is at the center: when a US shopper pictures a crisp white done right, they picture a New Zealand bottle. SEAGLASS shows up as a cheaper substitute for a crisp white shoppers already buy from New Zealand.
BRANDS 6 cohort CENTER Kim Crawford
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The Unclaimed Positions
Five things shoppers clearly care about that the wine conversation never connects. Two are critical: Santa Barbara sold as a vacation instead of a wine, and California Sauvignon Blanc read as a cheaper New Zealand. Each one is a position a rebrand could take.
GAPS 5 CRITICAL 2 CLEANEST place × grape
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SEAGLASS vs the Cohort
A 0 to 100 score of durable advantage that holds up past this quarter's sales. SEAGLASS scores 51.0, a full tier below the four full-strength wines it sells against. The gap is almost entirely two scores: Distinctiveness at 38 and Loyalty at 44. Both come from the same cause.
COMPOSITE 51.0 / 100 DIMENSIONS 5 WEAKEST Distinct. 38
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The Position a Rebrand Could Own
The wine conversation runs on two separate tracks: shoppers ask whether the California version is any good and get tourism copy. The open position joins them: the California Central Coast crisp white, with a real sense of place, available with or without the alcohol.
SIDES place / flavor POSITION Central Coast white PROOF Los Alamos fruit
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The Whole Read on One Screen
The whole read on one screen: the cohort scores, the five positions, the rebrand lift from 51.0 to a reachable 62 to 68, and the creative direction. The seven public-source figures run along the bottom.
VIEWS 5 SBPI 51.0 → 62–68 NUMBERS 7 core
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