foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network scheduled public distribution date 12 10 98 uk 8061 united kingdom annual wine marketing from american embassy london 24 grosvenor square w1a 1ae tel 44 171 408 8040 fax 8031 approved by thomas a hamby drafted jennifer e wilson highlights the is largest export market for us having achieved rapid growth in three years 1995 1997 imports of still increased 25 percent 273 000 hl 1996 to 340 forecast 1998 shows increasing around 40 recent new world wines australia recently emerged sources chile and south africa emerging argentina been gaining share at expense old france germany italy spain etc have had most success multiple specialist sector however there room extensive with supermarket chains restaurant trade that red growing much quicker than white
