DOMESTICS SELL MORE WINE IN NOVEMBER

The rate of growth for wine sales continued to dwindle in autumn, with overall sales growing 4.2% to $613,041,381 in the four weeks to November 17. Case volumes grew only 0.5% to 8,859,447 in the period, according to Nielsen scan data. Dollar value of red wine grew 3.3%, which surprisingly fell behind white wine’s growth of 6.7%. Blush wine sales continue to decline at -2.5%. Red wine volumes were down -0.3%, while white wine volumes grew 2.9% and blush declined