Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Business First of Columbus:

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U.S. retail sales of importedd rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endinhgApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in totap sales of table wines during the same period, accordingy to data cited by the . The Frencgh wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnelo des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondaty the steep rise in rosé consumptiojn is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkisyh wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottleds to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirst for imported wines inthe U.S.
markef will bode well for France, particularlty its Provence wine The French produce 28 percent ofworldwidee rosé wines by making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’sz rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsej figures revealed that2008 U.S. sales of table wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumpee 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by volume, despite a weakeninb economy.