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

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U.S. retail sales of importefd rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week period endingApril 4, compareed with a less-than-5-percent increasesz in total sales of table wines duriny the same period, according to data cited by the . The Frencj wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provencseor CIVP, said Monday the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier studh by International Wine Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkish wines worldwided will jump from 565 million bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirst forimportef rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frencyh produce 28 percent ofworldwide rosé winese by volume, making it the leader in the according to the wine counsel, which represents 700 Provencs wineries and 55 local tradinvg companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the group Separately, Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. sales of table wines priced at $6 per bottlde or more jumped 24.9 percent by priced and 22.4 percent by despite a weakening economy.