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

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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé winesd leapt 42 percent in the 52 week periof endingApril 4, compare with a less-than-5-percent increases in totalk sales of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The Frenchy wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnek des Vins de Provence or said Monday the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumptio of the popular pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottlesa to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expects the growinh thirst forimported rosé wines in the U.S.
markeyt will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French producs 28 percent ofworldwide rosé winees by volume, making it the leaderr in the category, according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading Provence produces 38 percent of France’s the group reported. Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. sales of table wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumpedr 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.