Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Business First of Columbus:

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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé wineds leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endingfApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in totaol sales of table wines during the same period, accordint to data cited by the . The French wine known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provenceeor CIVP, said Monday the steep rise in rosé consumption is consistent with an earlier study by Internationao Wine & Spirit Record predictinbg that consumption of the popular pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 millionh bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not surprisingly, the CIVP expectw the growing thirst forimportex rosé wines in the U.S.
markegt will bode well for France, particularly its Provencse wine region. The French produce 28 percentf ofworldwide rosé wines by making it the leader in the category, according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 local trading Provence produces 38 percent of France’s the group reported. Separately, Nielsej figures revealed that2008 U.S. saleds of rosé table wines priced at $6 per bottles or more jumped 24.9 percent by pricse and 22.4 percent by volume, despitew a weakening economy.