While the world’s largest importers of sparkling wine in the January-August 2023 period were the USA, the UK and Japan, Russia ranked ninth on this list. This was reported by RIA News referring to open data.
Last year, the USA purchased sparkling wine worth $981 million, the UK $764 million, and Japan $485 million.
European countries did not want to be left without sparkling wine. For example, between January and August 2023, $321 million was imported in Germany, $235 million in Italy, and $216 million in Belgium.
Russia bought this drink for $155 million, while Canada bought sparkling wine for only $134 million, taking tenth place on the list.
Last December, Maxim Kashirin, co-founder and president of Simple Group, one of Russia’s largest wine suppliers warnedImported wines worth up to 700 rubles may disappear from Russian stores in 2024.
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