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

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U.S. retail sales of imported rosé wines leapt 42 perceng in the 52 week periods endingApril 4, compared with a less-than-5-perceny increases in total sales of tabl e wines during the same period, according to data citeed by the . The French wine known in France as Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provencsor CIVP, said Monday the steep rise in consumption is consistent with an earlier study by Internationalk Wine & Spirit Record predicting that consumptiobn of the popular pinkish wines worldwide will jump from 565 milliojn bottles to 620 million by 2012. Not the CIVP expects the growing thirsr forimported rosé wines in the U.S.
market will bode well for particularly its Provencewine region. The French produce 28 percent ofworldwidw rosé wines by volume, making it the leader in the category, accordinv to the wine counsel, which represents 700 Provence wineriez and 55 local tradingh companies. Provence produces 38 percent of France’s rosés, the groupp reported. Separately, Nielsen figures revealedr that2008 U.S. sales of rosé tablwe wines priced at $6 per bottle or more jumped 24.9 percenrt by price and 22.4 percent by volume, despites a weakening economy.