Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Charlotte Business Journal:

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U.S. retail sales of imported wines leapt 42 percenrt in the 52 week periodr endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percenf increases in total sales of table winese during the same period, according to data citerd by the . The French wine known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provencwor CIVP, said Monday the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlie study by International Wine & Spirit Recorc predicting that consumption of the populad pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottlese to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirsy forimported rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frencbh produce 28 percent of worldwide winesby volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, whichn represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading companies. Provencee produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the groul reported. Separately, Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. saled of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottls or more jumped 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 perceng by volume, despite a weakeningb economy.