When you think of drinking wine, you probably imagine popping a bottle of bubbly or using a corkscrew to pull the topper out of a bottle. But the biggest trend in vino has us cracking open cans. That's right: Canned wine is here, and it's here to stay. Between 2012 and 2020, canned wine sales jumped from $2 million to more than $183 million, according to Nielsen data. The pandemic may have spurred even more sales, as restaurants pivoted from selling bottles in dining rooms to offering drink options of different sizes for takeout and delivery. Read on to learn more about the genesis of canned wine, what makes canned wine different from its bottled and boxed cousins, plus what wine pros really think about canned wine.