Wine sales have resumed last year - March 19, 2010
The crisis has not affected the taste for French wine. Instead, it could cause an increase in purchases of this drink is our national reputation beyond our borders with baguette, camembert and blue berets. Last year sales of wine rose 1.2% against a 1.1% decline the previous year, according to latest statistics released Thursday by FranceAgrimer. In total it is 9.512 million hectoliters were sold through supermarkets, which accounted for more than three quarters of the market in France. This represents a value of 3.428 billion euros, representing an average price of a bottle of 3.60 euros. By product type, like last year, pink, feminine and more popular around the summer barbecue, is a strong push cash advance to savings account !!!???!!!???! !.Its sales rose nearly 10% to 715 million euros for a quantity of 2.349 million hectoliters, or one quarter of the hexagonal market. White remains stable with about 17% volume and over 20% in value (699 million euros). Red wine keeps him always on his supremacy with 59% market share but grew by only 1.2% in volume and even lower by 0.9% in value to 2.014 billion euros. Finally, by segment, most wines purchased by French households are in the range of 3-5 euros, "says Caroline Blot in charge of the sector in FranceAgrimer.