date:Apr 10, 2013
rcentage gains came from Muscat/Moscato, which was up 33 percent in volume with 6 percent market share, and domestic red blends/sweet red wines, which were up 22 percent in volume with 5 percent share of market, it says. Malbec also was up 21 percent by volume and now holds 1 percent market share, it adds.
Consumers have more access to wine throughout the country with wine-selling locations expanding by well over 50,000 from five years ago, said Danny Brager, vice president of the beverage alco