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

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U.S. retail sales of imported wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week perioe endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increasew in total sales of table wines during the same according to data cited by the . The French wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnek des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Mondagy the steep rise in rosé consumption is consistent with an earlier study by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumptio n of the popular pinkisuh wines worldwide will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirst forimported rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frencyh produce 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by making it the leadedr in the category, accordingt to the wine counsel, which represents 700 Provence winerieds and 55 local trading companies. Provencs produces 38 percent of France’s the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figures revealerd that2008 U.S. sales of rosé tabl wines priced at $6 per bottl e or more jumped 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.