A Good Time for Sparkling Wine

Dear Client: The sparkling wine category is experiencing a new level of growth in the US, as evidenced by recent food and drug store scan data from SymphonyIRI for the year-t0-date period ending June 12. So it's not surprising that more companies are beefing up their sparkling wine offerings. While the table wine industry grew sales 5.4% and volumes 4.4%, total sparkling wine sales grew 9% and volumes gained 8.9%, which is slightly improved from the ytd period ending May