Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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U.S. retail sales of importedd rosé wines leapt 42 percenyt in the 52 week period ending April 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in total salees of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The Frenchb wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondahy the steep rise in rosé consumption is consistenty with an earlier study by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the populae pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 milliohn by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expecta the growing thirst for imported wines inthe U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French produce 28 percent of worldwide winesby volume, making it the leadert in the category, according to the wine counsel, whicj represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 localp trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’sd rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsej figures revealed that2008 U.S. salexs of rosé table winez priced at $6 per bottle or more jumperd 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percenty by volume, despite a weakening economy.