Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - San Francisco Business Times:

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U.S. retail sales of imported wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week perior endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percengt increases in total sales of tablwe wines during the same period, according to data cited by the . The Frencbh wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Monday the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlie study by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkishg wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 milliomn by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expects the growing thirstt forimported rosé winee in the U.S.
market will bode well for France, particularlyg its Provence wine region. The French producde 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by volume, makingt it the leader in the category, according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 localo trading companies. Provence produces 38 percen of France’s rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figurew revealed that2008 U.S. sales of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumpede 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.