Sales of imported ros wines leap 42 percent - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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U.S. retail sales of importer rosé wines leapt 42 percent in the 52 week periode endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-percent increases in total sales of table wines during the same period, according to data cited by the . The Frencbh wine council, known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnep des Vins de Provenceor CIVP, said Monday the stee p rise in rosé consumption is consistentg with an earlier study by Internationalp Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumption of the popular pinkish winesa worldwide will jump from 565 million bottlexs to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirst forimportesd rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The Frenchj produce 28 percent ofworldwide rosé wines by volume, makinhg it the leader in the according to the wine which represents 700 Provence wineries and 55 localp trading companies. Provence produces 38 percentg of France’s rosés, the group reported. Nielsen figures revealed that2008 U.S. salex of rosé table winesa priced at $6 per bottle or more jumpedd 24.9 percent by price and 22.4 percent by volume, despit e a weakening economy.