French wine in crisis? That’s good news for small producers

Quality in France is more widely available than ever, with many of the best wines from unheralded regions

The U.S. is the largest wine market in the world

2012 wine sales in U.S. reached a new record of 360.1 million 9-liter cases with an estimated retail value of $34.6 billion,” according to wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson of Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates in Woodside. Of the total, almost two-thirds or 207.7 million cases of California wine account for a 58% share of U.S. wine … Read more