China to be Leading Wine Consumption Market Worldwide

Wine sales in many leading wine countries have suffered dramatic decline sine the global financial crisis . However, China market still keeps the great potential for wine sales and consumption, which made it to be the most sought-after export market worldwide.

Alain Vironneau, the current president of Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), said in the " Simply Bordeaux 2009 " event that Bordeaux wine export has been hit by recession, while the demand from China mainland market is very strong.

For 2008, Bordeaux wine export value to China jumped by 60% year on year to € 53 million, which pushed China to be the ninth largest market for Bordeaux wine in term of value from No. Ten in 2007.In 2000, the import volume of Bordeaux wines was 2000 hl, which has increased to 69000 hl last year. During the past 9 years, the import volume of Bordeaux wines in China climbed by 35 times.