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

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U.S. retail sales of importedr rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endingAprilo 4, compared with a less-than-5-percentg increases in total sales of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The French wine council, knowbn in France as Conseil Interprofessionneol des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondagy the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkishb wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottleas to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expect the growing thirst forimporter rosé wines in the U.S.
marketf will bode well for France, particularly its Provence wine The French produce 28 percent of worldwide winesby volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which representsx 700 Provence wineries and 55 locao trading companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figurex revealed that2008 U.S. sales of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlde or more jumped 24.9 perceny by price and 22.
4 percent by despite a weakening