03.06.2011 - Vinexpo news selection
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of companies and individual entrepreneurs listed by Insee, the French national statistics department, in the category of beverage retail in specialist outlets, increased by 34.3% from 4,156 in 2000 to 5,581 in 2010. And the trend is getting faster! By the end of the first quarter in 2011, France had 5,918 specialist wine stores plus the on-line wine sales websites, a channel that was practically inexistent ten years ago. (V&S News – 13 May 2011)