Wine at Year-End Parties

In this country, Champagne and domestic sparkling wines are most heavily purchased during two seven-week blocks.

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Wine industry veterans say that more wine is sold in two seven-week blocks than at any other time of the year, which makes perfect sense when you think about it.

In the last weeks of May and through the end of June, people tend to celebrate weddings and graduations, often with special parties calling for things like Champagne. And then, of course, there are holiday festivities surrounding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, all of which generate celebrations.