Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - St. Louis Business Journal:

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U.S. retail sales of importex rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week periodc endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percentg increases in total sales of table winez during the same period, according to data citeed by the . The French wine council, known in Francs as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondauy the steep rise in rosé consumption is consistenyt with an earlier study by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popula pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottlees to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirst for imported wines inthe U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French producde 28 percent ofworldwidr rosé wines by volume, making it the leaderd in the category, according to the wine counsel, which representws 700 Provence wineries and 55 locapl trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’ws rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. sales of table wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumpex 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percentf by volume, despite a weakening economy.