Value Wines and Domestics Lead in Feb

Dear Client:Growth of domestic wines continued to outpace imports in the four weeks to March 7 compared to the same period last year, according to Nielsen scan data. In dollar sales, domestic table wines grew 6.7% to over $450m, while imports grew 3% to just under $185m. Imported table wines lost almost a full market share point in dollar sales (-0.8) in the four weeks. Meanwhile, volumes of domestics grew 4.6% to almost 7m cases, while imports grew only 0.5%