Va. wine sales growth busted out by month

Posted figures the other day that showed the amount of Virginia wines sold by distributor and sold at the winery through the first five months of 2008. Here's the rest of the story, so to speak, some numbers from the five previous years that give those '08 numbers some additional context. No numbers were available in 2008 for Total Virginia Wine Sold and Total Wines Sold in Virginia. Our thanks to the Virginia Wine Board Marketing Office.


Year ---------Va. Wine/---Va. Wine/-Total Va. --- Total Wines
--------------- Distributor-Wineries --Wines Sold--Sold

Jan. 2003-----7,097---------4,381--------12,621-------482,300
Jan. 2004-----8,569---------4,520--------14,285-------491,003
Jan. 2005-----6,341---------5,331---------12,727-------487,765
Jan. 2006-----5,215---------6,934---------12,289------538,596
Jan. 2007-----8,870---------6,280---------15,582------591,582
Jan. 2008-----9,437---------6,156---------n/a----------n/a

Feb. 2003-----7,650--------4,234---------13,097-------505,623
Feb. 2004-----8,859--------7,128---------17,204-------553,727
Feb. 2005-----9,002--------7,148---------17,302-------572,350
Feb. 2006-----8,289--------7,892---------16,313-------553,043
Feb. 2007-----9,086--------6,263---------15,898-------605,756
Feb. 2008-----9,332--------9,782---------n/a-----------n/a

March 2003---7,471--------6,522---------15,235--------514,724
March 2004---9,445--------7,759---------18,474--------591,841
March 2005---11,018-------8,288---------20,629-------635,491
March 2006---11,257------11,153---------22,533-------678,175
March 2007---11,771------ 9,293----------21,790-------684,200
March 2008---11,100------10,161---------n/a-----------n/a

April 2003----10,879------10,305---------22,520--------581,310
April 2004----10,316------12,799---------24,573---------598,717
April 2005----11,428------13,468---------26,215---------591,290
April 2006----15,075------15,202--------30,381----------589,296
April 2007----11,453------15,034-------- 27,262--------- 658,901
April 2008----12,374------16,685---------n/a-------------n/a

May 2003-----9,875--------11,542-------22,807---------581,330
May 2004-----9,519--------13,059-------23,890---------572,909
May 2005-----12,383-------15,222-------28,859---------623,797
May 2006-----13,240-------17,630-------30,963---------684,191
May 2007-----13,601-------18,694--------33,081---------735,960
May 2008-----14,848-------22,043--------n/a------------n/a


Year---- Va. Wine/---Va. Wine/----Total Va.---- Total
----------Distributor--by Wineries--Wines Sold--Wines Sold
2003-----125,557------130,480--------276,764-------7,014,116
2004-----130,678------147,198--------297,519--------7,374,482
2005-----148,876------168,841--------328,402-------7,681,581
2006-----146,651------181,839--------330,807-------8,027,026
2007-----157,875-------183,535--------351,840------8,423,990
2008-----n/a------------n/a------------n/a-----------n/a