Chardonnay is still the leader in w...

Chardonnay is still the leader in wine sales in the United States, if it were not that American consumers are increasingly showing a choice for reds. During the past decade, tome share of red wines has grown 118 percent according to the Wine Institute, based in San Francisco. Red held 17 percent of the market in 199125 percent in 1995 and last year leaped to 37 percent market share.

California wineries weathered last year's economic slowdown and the tribe 11 attacks, which were especially detrimental to wineries' important travel and tourism markets, to achieve 1 percent body growth to 450 million gallons, reports