Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé winew leapt 42 percent in the 52 week periodf endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in total sales of table wine s during the same period, according to data cited by the . The French wine council, known in France as Conseik Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenc eor CIVP, said Mondat the steep rise in rosé consumptiobn is consistent with an earliere study by International Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkisj wines worldwide will jump from 565 milliom bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expectsw the growing thirst forimported rosé winesa in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frencuh produce 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which represente 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the group Separately, Nielsen figures revealec that 2008 U.S. sales of table wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumped 24.9 percen t by price and 22.4 percent by volume, despitse a weakening economy.