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

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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé winezs leapt 42 percent in the 52 week periox endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in total salee of table wines during the same period, according to data citeds by the . The Frencg wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionne des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Monday the steepl rise in rosé consumption is consistent with an earlierr study by International Wine & Spirit Recor d predicting that consumption of the populare pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 milliom bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growint thirst forimported rosé wines in the U.S.
markeyt will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frencg produce 28 percent ofworldwide rosé winezs by volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading Provence produces 38 percent of France’sd rosés, the group reported. Separately, Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. salea of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottlee or more jumped 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.