date:Apr 10, 2013
ion in winery revenues in 2012, which is an increase of 2.6 percent compared with 2011, Wine Institute reports. Volume shipments reached 424.6 million liters or 47.2 million cases for the year, it states. Top markets for California wines include the European Union, which accounted for $485 million in sales, up 1.7 percent from the previous year; Canada, which is up 14 percent at $434 million; Hong Kong, which dropped 30 percent to $115 million; Japan, which rose 6 percent to $111 million; China